for all intents and purposes
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The entire stock market will soon become, for all intents and purposes, the meme-stock market, and your retirement accounts are at the mercy of their whims.
From Slate • May 15, 2026
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
In 1970, Badfinger’s manager Bill Collins turned over the reins to Stan Polley, a shrewd negotiator who, for all intents and purposes, seemed to be the hard-nosed advocate the band sorely needed.
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024
They might never come close, but they could approach a point where, for all intents and purposes, she knew all that she needed to know.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
