in fact

Examples of fact

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It remains to show that in fact t = 0 in (17).
In fact, it is possible to update in random order in each iteration.
The significance of this fact to my argument will become clearer in the next section.
In every iteration many facts have to be recomputed.
In fact, there are no interesting meta-interpreters satisfying this property.
The nightshades are, in fact, primroses with a curse upon them.
The border that separates man from animal is, in fact, a product of social and cultural construction.
For the sake of completeness we sketch a quick proof of this last fact.
Although parties were relatively quick to form, historians have underscored the importance of the fact that they were not anticipated by the founders.
But, in fact, we do not place any weight on ordinary intuitions about color.
One patient was refused because the fact that she already had a 4-month baby did not by itself seem a sufficiently strong indication.
In fact, it was replaced by new sources of disquietude.
The reported information on the form thus might not correspond to the reality of facts.
One possible explanation for the differing results may have to do with the fact that we were requesting summary instead of individual patient data.
High valence parties will contest the electoral centre, but will not, in fact, position themselves at the electoral mean.
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Collocations withfact

fact

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accomplished fact
The issue had already the air of an accomplishedfact.
arithmetical fact
There cannot be any argument about that; it is a simple arithmetical fact.
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