de facto

Example Sentences

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The RSF set up a parallel government last year, hardening the de facto division of the country.

From BBC

A top UN official has warned that these amount to "gradual, de facto annexation."

From BBC

Now her all-woman fighting unit is at risk after a deal with Damascus ended the Kurds' de facto autonomy.

From Barron's

"So it's a case of whether governments can converge fast enough to create meaningful guardrails before de facto standards are set by the companies themselves."

From Barron's

That would act as a de facto ban as doctors would only perform them in the most essential cases, the MPs say.

From BBC