de facto

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But more recently, China has stopped making such calls publicly, opting to instead push for a “fair and impartial” approach toward peace on the Korean Peninsula—suggesting Beijing won’t contest Pyongyang’s de facto nuclear status.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now Venezuela’s de facto leader, Rodríguez is a socialist who rose through the ranks—serving first with socialist President Hugo Chávez and then with Maduro in a number of roles.

From The Wall Street Journal

In recent months, U.S. enforcement actions against Venezuelan oil tankers, including seizures and a de facto blockade, have sharply curtailed exports, at times cutting them roughly in half.

From Barron's

The U.S. military’s Indo-Pacific Command and the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto U.S. embassy in Taipei, didn’t respond to requests for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal

It leans into the “Brussels effect”—the phenomenon by which the EU’s regulations become de facto global standards.

From The Wall Street Journal