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

Musk may think advertisers are acting capriciously, suggests Paskalis, but the fact is that most large marketers work very hard to align their advertising with platforms that reflect their corporate values. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Nov. 2023

But the fact is, what Hamas terrorists find intolerable is the idea of living in peaceful coexistence with Israel. —WSJ, 19 Nov. 2023

And the fact is, Hamas doesn't represent the Palestinian people. —CBS News, 22 Oct. 2023

But the fact is that, in the last few years, there’s been a lot more attention around rule of law, democracy, and whether Israelis think Netanyahu should be their Prime Minister or not. —Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2023

But the fact is those efforts simply don’t meet the demand, leaving one in two people living with diabetes without access to insulin, and causing millions to taking extreme measures to manage the disease. —David Panzirer, STAT, 24 Oct. 2023

But the fact is that Bowen finds himself in a crucial point in his career, where the hard work and the dedication to his craft may soon result in a complete shift in both his sound and his career. —Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023

But the fact is, family members milking (or been perceived as doing so) relationships to presidents is hardly new. —TIME, 12 Oct. 2023

And much as people like Michael Casey would like cryptocurrencies to be treated as more than just a speculative investment, the fact is that they are being treated as a speculative investment and that is what the SEC is trying to protect people from. —Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023

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