the fact is/remains

idiom

—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

So, the fact is, the countries are angry and retaliating and, by the way, coming to the table. —ABC News, 6 Apr. 2025

Though Sundance Institute board chair Ebs Burnough said otherwise on Thursday, the fact is politics in the divisive Trump 2.0 era always was going to play a role in Sundance’s future in Utah. —Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025

Proactively integrating compliance into fraud prevention and risk management strategies rather than reacting to rule changes after the fact is the path of least resistance for financial institutions, payment providers and e-commerce platforms. —Rochelle Blease, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025

But the fact is there is a lot on the line in 2025. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025