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
“This is not an evidence-based report, and for all practical purposes, it should be junked at this point,” Georges C. Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Assn. told the Washington Post.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025
Another government document stated that the islands were chosen “not only for their strategic location but also because they had, for all practical purposes, no permanent population”.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024
"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
On Earth, for all practical purposes, mass and weight are the same and so the terms can be treated as synonymous, at least outside the classroom.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
