How to Use the fact is/remains in a Sentence

the fact is/remains

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  • And the fact is that the guests who’ve paid for the yacht get all the spaces that are left over.
    — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2024
  • But the fact is, the laws aren’t paying off, in every sense of the word.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 28 Sep. 2023
  • But the fact is the best knee-high boots can be worn with just about anything.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2023
  • But look, the fact is that being a felon is not good for a campaign.
    — ABC News, 2 June 2024
  • So, the fact is, this was going to be a tough race no matter what.
    — ABC News, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Whether your kid loves or hates bath time, the fact remains: Their hair has to be washed.
    — Sarah Bradley, Parents, 20 May 2024
  • Fans like me always want numbers but the fact is team play rules.
    — Tim Graham, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • However, the fact is a lot of fans have been down on Muncy this season.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • But the fact is that Washington was in dire need of a new kind of diplomacy.
    — A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
  • But the fact is, every Marvel movie up to this point was also stuffed with jokes.
    — Moises Mendez Ii, TIME, 23 July 2024
  • So, as much as a lot of record deals can be better, the fact is the money’s coming from somewhere.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Fair enough, but the fact is that the boxed set has grown into an art form, and plenty of people are doing it well.
    — Saby Reyes-Kulkarni, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
  • And although the Game 1 loss was frustrating and disappointing, the fact is the Dodgers are just down 1-0 in the series.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • But the fact is, second base isn’t supposed to be available, either.
    — Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Single malts get all the love, but the fact is that blended scotch is the people’s champ, outselling the latter by a wide margin.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2025
  • And the fact is there were lots of problematic websites that would be dug up by that search engine.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2023
  • Either way, the fact is this: we are bound to overlook something, and that—in my view, anyway—is quite alright.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Mar. 2025
  • So, the fact is, the countries are angry and retaliating and, by the way, coming to the table.
    — ABC News, 6 Apr. 2025
  • But no matter how the Supreme Court rules, the fact remains that these bans have deeply disrupted access to care for youth.
    — Emma Chinn, Them, 9 Oct. 2024
  • And the fact remains: Kikuchi’s three-year, $63 million deal is the richest Minasian has signed in his five offseasons on the job.
    — Sam Blum, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
  • And the fact is, Hamas doesn't represent the Palestinian people.
    — CBS News, 22 Oct. 2023
  • And the fact is that these subjects, which seem remote and very esoteric...
    — Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Well, the fact is that the destruction of our economy happened even before the sanctions were put in place.
    — Christopher Intagliata, NPR, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Well, the fact is, this is a film about family, and it was made possible by a film family.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
  • And the fact is, to have a collective experience in the cinema, blah, blah, blah.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
  • But the fact is that the Indo- Pacific strategy is a lot bigger than China.
    — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • And the fact is, some of these people concerned about fairness and obligation to these dads happen to be women — sisters and moms of the guys.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 14 June 2024
  • But the fact remains that in the universe of the show, it’s believed that the all-powerful John Dutton killed himself inches from the toilet.
    — William Earl, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
  • While some leaders are indeed born with a silver tongue or a golden pen, the fact is that storytelling can be learned.
    — Samantha Reynolds, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • So, the fact is that Bumpy can run his course as a character, depending on Forest and depending on the appetite of the network.
    — Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025

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