truth of the matter
Example Sentences
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"The truth of the matter is that it's very difficult to find something negative around this World Cup," Infantino told a business conference in Beverly Hills this week.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
"The truth of the matter is there was no confrontation, with Nuno or with others, either on the pitch or inside the stadium," the club added.
From BBC • May 13, 2025
But the truth of the matter is, I conceived this story, as I told you.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2024
“But the truth of the matter is our costs are really high and it’s just difficult to make it in retail these days. Survival is the game.”
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2024
Yet the hard, pessimax truth of the matter found her stranded and penniless in a midsized European nation where she did not speak the language, wearing boy’s clothes and smelling of fish.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
