the fact is/remains

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—used to stress that a statement is true and that its truth is not affected or changed by a previous statement

He may not have meant it, but the fact remains that he committed a crime.

The company has struggled recently, but the fact is that they are still making a profit.

Examples of the fact is/remains in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the fact is no Superman movie has been as good as Richard Donner’s 1978 take, which Anne and Ryan can both agree on. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 July 2025

But the fact is that Dunham is an incredible and sensitive dramatic actor, and the scenes where Dunham does appear in Too Much, playing Jessica’s sister and bickering with her gay ex-husband, played by Andrew Rannells, are the liveliest in the show. —Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 July 2025

But the fact is that Malaparte was never the same writer after the eclipse of European Fascism. —Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025

But to see the grandfatherly Spielberg, whose work feels infallible today, reflect on it so long after the fact is one of the more striking elements of this extremely watchable documentary. —Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 20 June 2025