in point of fact

idiom

used to introduce a true statement which shows that another statement is not true or accurate
She says that she doesn't know him, but in point of fact they have been seen together many times.

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But in point of fact, the exhibition provides a subversive and deeply compelling view of those who are precisely not Roman or Parthian. Peter Frankopan, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2019 The Tea Party of the early Obama years, in point of fact, was one of the few political movements of my lifetime that was genuinely organic, genuinely spontaneous. Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 29 May 2024

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“In point of fact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20point%20of%20fact. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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