for all practical purposes
Example Sentences
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The supermajority then scolded lower courts for failing to anticipate that Humphrey’s Executor had, for all practical purposes, been silently overruled.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2025
"Yet, for all practical purposes, throughout the lifetime of legacy Horizon, the Post Office maintained the fiction that its data was always accurate."
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025
"We're fooling ourselves if we think that abandoning, for all practical purposes, semiconductor manufacturing, is a smart strategy for the United States," Yellen said.
From Reuters • Oct. 3, 2023
Continuing a run of subpar performances, the offense was limited to 328 yards and for all practical purposes two field goals in a 21-6 win over the New York Giants on Sunday.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2021
However, we still use Newton’s theory for all practical purposes because the difference between its predictions and those of general relativity is very small in the situations that we normally deal with.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
