ipso facto

adverb

ip·so fac·to ˈip-(ˌ)sō-ˈfak-(ˌ)tō

Synonyms of ipso facto next

: by that very fact or act : as an inevitable result

Example Sentences

if we refuse to tolerate bigotry, do we become, ipso facto, as intolerant as those whom we condemn?

Recent Examples on the Web Legal: The gift of the check was revoked ipso facto by the death of Grandmother, the donor. —

Dallas News, 11 Dec. 2022 And the principle remains that representing a malefactor isn’t, ipso facto, an act of malefaction. —

Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022 Insufficient representation of specific racial groups in a freshman class, a company’s diversity report or the composition of its board for Securities and Exchange Commission disclosures, can all ipso facto reveal the absence of diversity. —

WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022 Next, the court pointed out that there were serious procedural flaws in the issuance of the garnishment summons, so severe in fact that the garnishment of the funds was ipso facto invalid and the funds would have to be returned to the LLC. —

Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022 All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not, ipso facto, auriferous. —

Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021 Any disparity in disciplinary actions or enrollments is also ipso facto evidence of implicit racial bias. —

WSJ, 8 July 2021 Democrats insist with great simplemindedness that making voting easier is, ipso facto, good. —

WSJ, 26 Mar. 2021 Biden represents a return to the old status-quo assumption that more immigration is, ipso facto, a good thing. —

Rich Lowry, National Review, 1 Dec. 2020 See More

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