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
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
“I think for all practical purposes, the primary is over.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024
"You could describe Doha at best as treading water, at worst as moving backwards. But at this point treading water is for all practical purposes moving backwards," he added.
From Reuters • Jun. 30, 2022
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
