in all/everything but name
idiom
: not in an official way but in every other way
Military governors ruled the country in all but name for many years.
Their marriage was over in all but name five years ago.
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Now president in all but name, Nelson Mandela swept into the ANC headquarters to address his followers.
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Outside Online, 26 June 2024
Modi has put that process on steroids and today presides over an autocracy in all but name.
—Ashoka Mody, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2024
Further Reading Apple Watch Series 3, dead in all but name, now actually dead
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman (via MacRumors) says this year will be different.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 8 May 2023
Reagan, for his part, ended up adopting détente as his own policy in all but name—and indeed went beyond what Kissinger did to ease tensions.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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Outside Online, 26 June 2024
Modi has put that process on steroids and today presides over an autocracy in all but name.
—Ashoka Mody, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2024
Further Reading Apple Watch Series 3, dead in all but name, now actually dead
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman (via MacRumors) says this year will be different.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 8 May 2023
Reagan, for his part, ended up adopting détente as his own policy in all but name—and indeed went beyond what Kissinger did to ease tensions.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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“In all/everything but name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20all%2Feverything%20but%20name. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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