face facts
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or face the fact(s)
: to admit that something is true
The time has come to face the fact that the government's policies aren't working.
The time has come to face the facts and admit that the government's policies aren't working.
Let's face facts—our plan isn't working.
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There has always been an instinct on the part of some people not to want to face facts or at least to try to paper them over.
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CBS News, 6 Sep. 2024
Read the full Sagittarius Daily Horoscope Capricorn (December 21 - January 19)
Refusing to face facts?
—USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2024
Rush had to face facts: There was now no chance of OceanGate reaching the Titanic in 2018.
—Mark Harris, WIRED, 11 June 2024
Because, let’s face facts, the Dolphins’ ultimate success rests on the shoulders of the star players — Tua, Tyreek, Waddle, Ramsey, Armstead, Chubb, Phillips, Mostert, Achane, Holland, right tackle Austin Jackson, and a few others (including kicker Jason Sanders).
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2024
But let’s face facts: The biggest dilemma for solving homelessness in California is the extraordinarily high cost of housing in this overpopulated state.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
The essay suffers from the same refusal to face facts that led the United States to launch abortive wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya and reflects the same devotion to ideological nostrums that convinces Washington, time and again, to brand dictators as reformers and allies as pariahs.
—Michael Oren, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2023
But let’s face facts: Long-term, a .227/.308/.395/./703 slash line still isn’t going to cut it.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2020
That's because the demand for greater diversity on boards—from institutional investors, lawmakers, investment banks, and exchanges—has forced companies to face facts: the problem is not the available pool of women candidates; the problem is the search process itself.
—Claire Zillman, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2022
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CBS News, 6 Sep. 2024
Read the full Sagittarius Daily Horoscope Capricorn (December 21 - January 19)
Refusing to face facts?
—USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2024
Rush had to face facts: There was now no chance of OceanGate reaching the Titanic in 2018.
—Mark Harris, WIRED, 11 June 2024
Because, let’s face facts, the Dolphins’ ultimate success rests on the shoulders of the star players — Tua, Tyreek, Waddle, Ramsey, Armstead, Chubb, Phillips, Mostert, Achane, Holland, right tackle Austin Jackson, and a few others (including kicker Jason Sanders).
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2024
But let’s face facts: The biggest dilemma for solving homelessness in California is the extraordinarily high cost of housing in this overpopulated state.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
The essay suffers from the same refusal to face facts that led the United States to launch abortive wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya and reflects the same devotion to ideological nostrums that convinces Washington, time and again, to brand dictators as reformers and allies as pariahs.
—Michael Oren, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2023
But let’s face facts: Long-term, a .227/.308/.395/./703 slash line still isn’t going to cut it.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2020
That's because the demand for greater diversity on boards—from institutional investors, lawmakers, investment banks, and exchanges—has forced companies to face facts: the problem is not the available pool of women candidates; the problem is the search process itself.
—Claire Zillman, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2022
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