that is that

idiom

variants or that's that

—used to say that a decision or situation cannot be changed

I won't sell it for less than 50 dollars and that is that.

I'm not going and that's that.

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But the good side of that is that almost enough money is coming in to pay 80 percent of the benefits. —

Brian J. O’Connor, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024 The immediate reason for that is that Benjamin Netanyahu needs to prolong the ghastly war in Gaza to avoid standing trial at home on corruption charges which carry a prison sentence. —

Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024 Part of that is that he’s got a long career, which started with the sketch comedy show In Living Color and then the sitcom named after him The Jamie Foxx Show, only to then take him to bigger roles, like the film Ray, which won him an Academy Award for Best Actor. —

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 10 Dec. 2024 Some of that is probably because the Browns rarely play with the lead, and some of that is that receivers have been running wide-open. —

The Athletic Nfl Staff, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for that is that

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