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

Regardless of what President Trump may be doing to try and lay the groundwork for any future negotiations, the fact is there is strong bipartisan support in Congress to help Ukraine in this unfair war that Russia has initiated. —CBS News, 16 Feb. 2025

While future editions of the Red Sox will need farm system poster boys Roman Anthony, Kristian Campbell and Marcelo Mayer to live up to all the hype (or some of it, anyway), the fact is that the kids in the minors only sell hope. —Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025

But the fact is that USAID funding for Latin America’s pro-democracy groups has been minuscule compared to what Venezuela, Cuba, Russia and Iran spend on foreign aid and political propaganda in the region. —Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025

The Rangers have arguably underperformed this season, but the fact remains, that aside from Adam Fox and Igor Shesterkin, the vast majority of the Rangers’ best players — which, now, includes Miller himself — are on the other side of 30. —Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 1 Feb. 2025