for all intents and purposes
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In other words, for all intents and purposes Mr. Burger was a third author.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
“The consumer, for all intents and purposes, pays the tariff,” it added.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026
Hulu, for all intents and purposes, will exist only in ghost form.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2025
“While you can claim that the comments by the vice mayor doesn’t represent the city of Cudahy, for all intents and purposes, it really does,” said Brian Heyman, of Downey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025
“I’m Penelope, but no one ever calls me that and I don’t really like it anyway, so for all intents and purposes my name is Poppet.”
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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