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used for saying what is really true, when this is surprising or different from what people think
Managers worry about employees leaving for other companies, but in fact they are more likely to stay.
He was paid money for a job that did not in fact exist.
In actual fact, she was quite right.
used when you are adding something to what you have just said, especially something surprising
I haven't seen him for years. In fact, I can't even remember what he looks like.
She's a friend of mine, a very close friend in fact.
