for all intents and purposes
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Yet David craves Monica’s maternal affection as if he were real — and for all intents and purposes, he is.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
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
The overall correlation was now down to .11, which for all intents and purposes means that the students’ evaluations had almost nothing at all to do with the experts’ evaluations.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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