for all intents and purposes
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In other words, for all intents and purposes Mr. Burger was a third author.
“The consumer, for all intents and purposes, pays the tariff,” it added.
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The Kings are playing by the same rules, for all intents and purposes, as the big-market teams.
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So, yes, for all intents and purposes, the Golden Globes are back.
From Los Angeles Times
The two women — complete strangers, for all intents and purposes — are jittery around each other until they discover how much they have in common.
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