in actual fact
idiom
: in reality : actually
He looks younger, but he is in actual fact almost 60 years old.
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Ukrainians are depicted as a faceless, homogenous mass that must be subjugated to the Kremlin by means of denazification, a process that in actual fact means de-Ukrainization, as Putin’s propagandists now openly admit.
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Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2022
But genetic researchers published a sort of landmark paper in the journal Nature that showed, no, in actual fact, this is one of the most primal groups of cells.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
But in actual fact, decisions are not data-driven.
—Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
Here are a few snap impressions drawn from an alphabetically ordered—but in actual fact pretty disordered—roam through the showroom.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2022
Though the notion that the Vikings might try to trade quarterback Kirk Cousins this offseason has tended to live on the fringes of speculation instead of in actual fact, that hasn't stopped people from talking about the possibility.
—Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 5 Feb. 2021
But, in actual fact, there are plenty of exceptions to these rights.
—Daniel Lieberman, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2015
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Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2022
But genetic researchers published a sort of landmark paper in the journal Nature that showed, no, in actual fact, this is one of the most primal groups of cells.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
But in actual fact, decisions are not data-driven.
—Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
Here are a few snap impressions drawn from an alphabetically ordered—but in actual fact pretty disordered—roam through the showroom.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2022
Though the notion that the Vikings might try to trade quarterback Kirk Cousins this offseason has tended to live on the fringes of speculation instead of in actual fact, that hasn't stopped people from talking about the possibility.
—Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 5 Feb. 2021
But, in actual fact, there are plenty of exceptions to these rights.
—Daniel Lieberman, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2015
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“In actual fact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20actual%20fact. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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