Sample Sentences for
de facto
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    As for Annabeth—she'd been the de facto leader of the quest.†  (source)
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    He wandered toward the de facto cemetery that had cropped up on the far side of the clearing.†  (source)
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    The bit about Israel used to draw the ire of Afghans in Fremont who accused him of being pro-Jewish and, de facto, anti Islam.†  (source)
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    Guys on previous rotations had built the brick-and-mortar pit, which had become a de facto town square for the compound.†  (source)
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    Did Chair understand from witness's last remark that this alleged de-facto regime intended to interfere with consignee system?†  (source)
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    The de facto dictator of five million doomed souls removed his glasses and dried them on his shirttail.†  (source)
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    With decorations trimmed away was assertion that Luna was de-facto a sovereign state, with an unopposed government in being, a civil condition of peace and order, a provisional president and cabinet carrying on necessary functions but anxious to return to private life as soon as Congress completed writing a constitution—and that we were here to ask that these facts be recognized de-jure and that Luna be allowed to take her rightful place in councils of mankind as a member of Federated Nations.†  (source)
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    What had been more or less de facto was to become relentlessly de jure.†  (source)
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    The real question, Professor—or even Ambassador de-facto, if you like; we shan't quibble—the real question is this: Are you prepared to guarantee that the Lunar Colonies will keep their commitments?†  (source)
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    She has a life now in Florida with her de facto husband, daughter, and sister.†  (source)
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    Ghosh was Missing's de facto pediatrician.†  (source)
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    My de facto tribe was Nora and Hester (who was going by her given name of Anne these days).†  (source)
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    Swean followed up with a question on signal interference, and Lorenzo looked at Oscar Vazquez, the team's de facto leader.†  (source)
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