de facto
Example Sentences
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A de facto ceasefire in the war had existed for years, with Saudi Arabia providing funding for Yemeni state employees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was expected to hold talks with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
After communism’s fall, people all over Albania received titles to the property where they lived, once the land was not all de facto owned by the state.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
“What I am doing now is preparing the ground de facto for this event,” he said in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Washington edged second-place Yale by eight feet to emerge as de facto national champion.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
