de facto
Example Sentences
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Mr. Lucas, de facto chief curator since December, has taken the helm, staging more than 1,300 of his own objects in 33 galleries spanning 100,000 square feet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
It was an artistic success that garnered him a new audience, and a de facto sequel, 2014’s “Morning Phase,” won the Grammy for album of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
For much of August, when a frayed de facto ceasefire was in effect, U.S. forces did not respond with high-end missiles when Iran attacked oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The pope, Arnauld argued, had authority in matters de jure but not in matters de facto.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
