de facto
Example Sentences
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He is 77 years old, and a guilty verdict could have meant a de facto life sentence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Beijing also previously condemned a group of New Zealand lawmakers for attending a reception hosted by Taiwan's de facto embassy in Wellington last October.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
The Make America Healthy Again movement, for which Kennedy is the de facto leader, promotes a diet heavy in meat and animal products, such as butter, beef tallow and raw milk.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
She becomes the de facto “keeper” of these letters and more mementos — a “strange gift,” she writes, the paper trail of something that should never have happened.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
As for Annabeth—she’d been the de facto leader of the quest.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
