for all intents and purposes
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In other words, for all intents and purposes Mr. Burger was a third author.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
“The consumer, for all intents and purposes, pays the tariff,” it added.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
Hulu, for all intents and purposes, will exist only in ghost form.
From Slate • Aug. 7, 2025
When someone did find their way into one of the street-wide corrals serving as a line, they were, for all intents and purposes, on their own in a sea of people.
From Salon • Oct. 28, 2024
The J V race began at 3:45 p.m., and for all intents and purposes it was over a hundred yards down the line.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
