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truth of the matter



NOUN
what's what
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The truth of the matter was, we had a far bigger problem than adjusting to being married.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

"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 has not yet been litigated.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025

Well, the truth of the matter is production, the queens, no one knew that I was going through this internal struggle just 10 minutes prior to walking into the church.

From Salon • May 3, 2024

Yet the truth of the matter is that the American Medical Association considers lindane vaporizers so dangerous that it conducted an extended campaign against them in its Journal.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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