Actual
In fact
In fact adverb - In reality or actuality.
Actual and in fact are semantically related in in reality topic. Sometimes you can use "Actual" instead an adverb phrase "In fact", if it concerns topics such as from the fact.
Both terms in one sentence
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In fact, since the actual animatronic isn't even there yet, it's actually impossible to lose Night 1.
Source: Justified Tutorial -
In the end, he is merely sensitive to Heldane, and in fact kills the actual pawn, because his sensitivity alerts him to something happening before it actually does.
Source: Red Herring -
He is, in fact, terrified of the possibility of not being actually Rodrigo's son but of his mother's actual husband and thus legitimate.
Source: Series / The Borgias
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