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Signals emphasis by reinforcing or clarifying a preceding claim with a more precise, often stronger or more specific statement. It functions to add weight to an assertion, often introducing a detail that deepens or confirms the original idea, thereby shifting the tone from general to specific or from tentative to definitive.

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The policy was designed to reduce emissions; in fact, it cut carbon output by 40% within the first year.

Also actually · specifically · to be precise · indeed