that is that

phrase

variants or that's that
—used to say that a decision or situation cannot be changed
I won't sell it for less than 50 dollars and that is that.
I'm not going and that's that.

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Proof of that is that Harry was not invited to the funeral of Norway’s King Harald. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 14 Sep. 2026 The interesting thing about doing that is that everyone has to look at each other. — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026 There's really a vacuum being filled by critics and the result of that is that fewer students are going to college. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026 What’s funny about that is that the universe is decidedly nonlinear. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for that is that

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“That is that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/that%20is%20that. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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