Example Sentences

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“For all intents and purposes, the Strait of Hormuz is still essentially closed.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

But by the time Kosovo police's special forces took control of the monastery in late afternoon, the surviving group members had somehow slipped away despite being, to all intents and purposes, surrounded.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

In other words, for all intents and purposes Mr. Burger was a third author.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The two women — complete strangers, for all intents and purposes — are jittery around each other until they discover how much they have in common.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

I don’t know how to explain to her that, for all intents and purposes, I’m already taken.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli