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Fact comes from a Latin word meaning what?

fact

[fakt] / fækt /




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Knowing what a 'fun-loving' group the lads were, and the fact they would be out of my sight, and control, the alarm bells were going off in my head, loud and clear.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Complicating matters was the fact that the riots unfolded in a moment of political transition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

They then used 24 estimates of the world population stretching across the past 2,000 years to show that human numbers have in fact continually outpaced expectations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

One morning, I joined a small congregation of commuters attempting to convince the turnstiles that our phones were, in fact, perfectly legitimate fare payment.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

It had all begun when Clare was a very new Usher, so new, in fact, that he’d not yet adopted his beloved cloak-and-monocle disguise.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The commentary in particular also instructs judges when they can enhance or decrease a sentence based on the facts of the case.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026

"Talk to them about what they know, talk to them about what they're feeling. You can gently correct inaccurate facts," the doctor said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

"We will examine whether there were any violations of building codes. We intend to conduct a thorough inquiry and gather all the facts."

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

“We focus on cases that have been adjudicated … the facts of the case are known at that point.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

She would at least look interested when he brought him up, instead of glazing over like she did when he spouted off facts about obscure silent films.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny


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