In fact and Or rather

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In fact adverb - In reality or actuality.

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Or rather and in fact are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Or rather" instead an adverb phrase "In fact".

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In fact and or rather are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "In fact" instead an adverb phrase "Or rather".

In fact, it was such an unpopular ending that the Star Trek Expanded Universe novels also treat it as discontinuity (or rather, misinformation).

Source: Cosmic Deadline
It continued to deceive people for near a century, and the two names (or rather three, the third being the little-known Elosaurus) and skulls in fact still do confuse many people who grew up knowing it as Brontosaurus.

Source: Hilarious In Hindsight / Other
The only reason you care, in fact, is not that that the zombies might get out and spread, but rather that the CDC might do such a good job dealing with the zombies that they could figure out who - or rather what - is really behind it.

Source: Video Game / Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines

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