Synonyms for in fact
in fact

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1. in factadverb

   actually, in truth.

   People think tomatoes are vegetables, but, in fact, they are fruits.

   Synonyms:
   as a matter of fact

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1. in fact, in point of fact, as a matter of factadverb

   in reality or actuality

   "in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived"; "painters who are in fact anything but unsophisticated"; "as a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father"

   Synonyms:
   in point of fact, as a matter of fact

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1. in fact

   Synonyms:
   really, truly, in truth, in reality, DE FACTO

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1. Gregory Meeks:

   Disentangling ourselves from the war in Afghanistan was never going to be easy, and for my friends who presume a clean solution for the withdrawal existed, I would welcome hearing what exactly a smooth withdrawal from a messy, chaotic, 20-year war looks like. In fact, I’ve yet to hear the clean withdrawal option, because I don’t believe one exists.

2. Marina Tricks:

   The UN has put out estimates that there could be 200 million, and up to 1 billion, [ climate ] migrants by 2050, and we know these facts, yet we're still on the same trajectory, it's the fact that the government is seeing these facts -- because I know that if I'm seeing them, they're definitely seeing them -- so they have the full knowledge, they have the means, they have the solutions, yet they're doing nothing.

3. Bryan Singer:

   The last time I posted about this subject, Esquire magazine was preparing to publish an article written by a homophobic journalist who has a bizarre obsession with me dating back to 1997, after careful fact-checking and, in consideration of the lack of credible sources, Esquire chose not to publish this piece of vendetta journalism. That didn't stop this writer from selling it to The Atlantic. It's sad that The Atlantic would stoop to this low standard of journalistic integrity.

4. Alan Keenan:

   The fact it is politically helpful to the new government - in that it weakens the chances of the Rajapaksas coming back - is also fortuitous but it shouldn't be the primary motivation.

5. Angela Lansbury:

   We must sometimes take blame, women, we have to own up to the fact that women, since time immemorial, have gone out of their way to make themselves attractive.