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

However, the fact is that Nvidia is utterly dominant in sales and Steam's Hardware Survey is good proof of this. —Antony Leather, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024

Though what exactly happened remains to a certain extent unclear, the fact is there was no concert the following evening. —Ana Leorne, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024

Still, the fact remains that within a generation, the beacon of the system that drew my husband’s family and thousands of other families like them to California is naught but a dream for most. —Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 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