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
Dog racing was killed by ballot initiative in Florida and the other sports are, for all intents and purposes, nonexistent.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2025
They might never come close, but they could approach a point where, for all intents and purposes, she knew all that she needed to know.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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