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ipso facto

[ip-soh fak-toh] / ˈɪp soʊ ˈfæk toʊ /
ADVERB
by the fact itself
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Therefore, we'll call it ipso facto, he'll be guilty.

From Salon Oct. 8, 2022

"All I'm saying is you don't ipso facto believe somebody," she said.

From Fox News May 20, 2020

A liberal arts education does not ipso facto lead to a life of low-wage jobs and financial irresponsibility.

From Slate Nov. 10, 2019

“A taste about which you argue, with others or yourself, ceases ipso facto being a taste – it turns into a value.”

From The Guardian Aug. 18, 2017

The Dominicans were emphatically prohibited from denouncing the Franciscans as heretics on account of it, and any infraction of his commands was punishable by ipso facto excommunication supplemented with harsh imprisonment.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea



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