de facto

Example Sentences

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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

Those dollars need to be converted into Israeli shekels, Gaza’s de facto currency.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 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