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

Lue cracked a little smile after saying that, but the fact is that the Clippers lost to the Suns by three points in their regular-season opener at home, won by five in Denver, won by eight in Golden State and lost by one at home to Portland. —Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024

Yet the fact is that numerous federal judges at the trial and appellate level have heard similar objections to qui tam lawsuits, and rejected them every time — even after Thomas advanced the constitutionality issue. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024

And the fact is, MLB and its TV partners could well prefer the Dodgers playing the Yankees with all the inherent story lines. —Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2024

While disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima burn bright in our collective memories, the fact is that modern modular nuclear reactors, known as Generation IV reactors, are much safer than the monster-sized plants deployed in the past. —Michael Franco, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024