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How to use the word accompli in a Sentence?

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Phase one had been considered a fait accompli, and it's not and that's becoming clear.

– Kristina Hooper

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Attempts to impose fait accompli do not change the facts.

– Golan Heights

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Because of the Monsanto Co President’s remark, Bayer’s CEO now has to fight a battle on two fronts, negotiating a deal with Monsanto Co while also trying to keep his shareholders onboard, it can be an easier pitch to investors when they know they can no longer influence negotiations, and a deal is presented as fait accompli.

– Erik Gordon

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Because of the Monsanto Co President's remark, Bayer's CEO now has to fight a battle on two fronts, negotiating a deal with Monsanto Co while also trying to keep his shareholders onboard, it can be an easier pitch to investors when they know they can no longer influence negotiations, and a deal is presented as fait accompli.

– Erik Gordon

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We need to be very careful. Democracy is the issue, and democracy ought to be the means by which we decide these issues, rather than secret negotiations resulting in a fait accompli being presented to us.

– Jeremy Corbyn

added by anonymous
8 years ago

We would neither allow Turkey to face a fait accompli nor would we plunge it into an adventure.

– Acting Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

A mid-year lift-off in the interest rate is fait accompli ... there was good news on many fronts.

– Sung Won Sohn

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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