fact
Example Sentences
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When confronted with an undeniable fact — in this case, thousands of people booing a sitting president — the healthy human mind adjusts its understanding of reality.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
“In real life I believe that wealth does in fact isolate you from other people. … You have your guard up much more so than you would if you didn’t have wealth.”
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
It would take a long time to catch up with the lower pension with those 3% annual increases — 19 years, in fact.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
The research was inspired by the fact that even the mathematically trained academics in his lab struggled with such enormous numbers—and the bigger they are, the harder they are to grasp.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
In fact, everything about him seemed to be rotting: from his empty, festering eye socket to his toothless black gums, and his shattered nose, from which hung a loop of greenish-yellow slime.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Vocabulary lists containing fact
The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Argumentative Writing
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