How to Use fait accompli in a Sentence

fait accompli

noun
  • By the time we learned about the decision, it was already a fait accompli.
  • This isn’t a fait accompli as yet.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • That’s not a criticism that this was some sort of fait accompli.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • That’s not to say its present, second-tier status is a fait accompli.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2019
  • The feds might not realize it yet, but legal weed is a fait accompli.
    — Bonnie Kristian, The Week, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Yet what Evergrande shows us is that this is far from a fait accompli.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Whether is to be or not to be an Oscar contender seems a fait accompli.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Don't take the situation as fait accompli; much could change in the next few weeks.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2019
  • But for most Swifties, the idea that the lyrics would be updated was a fait accompli.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 7 July 2023
  • But if and when a proposal arrives, its approval is far from a fait accompli.
    — Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • This week’s recognitions are a fait accompli.
    — Shira Efron, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Yet, this scenario is no fait accompli and the means to break the vicious circle already lie in our hands.
    — Paul Hockenos, CNN, 22 July 2022
  • But these projections are just that—forecasts based on current trends, not a fait accompli.
    — Julie Heath, Cincinnati.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • For example, does the design team arrive with a new concept as a fait accompli?
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Sep. 2022
  • With no safety back on the zero blitz, the outcome was a fait accompli as soon as the ball left Stafford’s hands.
    — Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The broad booster authorization has been viewed as something of a fait accompli for weeks.
    — New York Times, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The citizens of New York City will be faced with a fait accompli.
    — David Donovan, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024
  • Mourinho’s return is starting to feel like a fait accompli.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • But Roginsky sees the end of daily cleaning as a fait accompli.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Lynn regards his factional triumph as a fait accompli.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
  • Nor would the winner of ruby red Idaho’s four electoral votes, a fait accompli even at this early hour.
    — Maria L. La Ganga Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Yet a fait accompli against Taiwan is more viable than a similar strike against Ukraine.
    — Seth Cropsey, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2022
  • By now Daniela Ryf was visible ahead, and the final outcome a fait accompli.
    — Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 4 Jan. 2021
  • The Berries tried to respond in the final quarter with an 8-0 flurry, but the game was a fait accompli. Check out our complete boys football roundup to stay up-to-date on all the action.
    — Indy Star Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Aug. 2023
  • With the fed’s war on inflation a fait accompli, what can business leaders and consumers do to increase their own odds of a soft landing?
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Sometimes a fait accompli is merely wishful thinking.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The Trojans tried to respond in the fourth quarter with a 10-8 flurry, but the game was a fait accompli.
    — Indy Star Ai Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Feb. 2023
  • As of today, the government shutdown is in its 23rd day, and Peaches is far from a fait accompli.
    — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2019
  • Uber presented the sale of its operations to Grab, its chief rival in the region, as a fait accompli.
    — New York Times, 28 May 2018
  • That the Royals will move into a new stadium has been treated as a fait accompli, as if all that’s left to decide are the details.
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024

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