accomplished fact
Example Sentences
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The AIA’s Prowitt said safety is not a fixed, accomplished fact in the aerospace industry, but a “never-ending objective” that requires constant improvement.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023
The selection of Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, as acting DNI is an accomplished fact, and nothing anyone says is likely to change it.
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2020
"It's very important that such cooperation with Syrian authorities is established, even now that it's an accomplished fact," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters on the sidelines of the U.N.
From Reuters • Sep. 27, 2014
Modern poets have forgotten this, Graves argues, because the male revolt against female supremacy is long since an accomplished fact.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was not till 1302 that Boniface VIII. was brought to accept the accomplished fact, and to acknowledge Frederic of Aragon as King of Trinacria.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
