to all intents and purposes

idiom

used to say that one thing has the same effect or result as something else
Their decision to begin bombing was, to all intents and purposes, a declaration of war.

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More rarely still, someone whose anxiety has clearly got the better of them posts a photo showing, to all intents and purposes, a full head of hair. Oscar Holland, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024 The rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds became, to all intents and purposes, a victory rally. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024 Many are looking no further than Bluesky, which has its own origins in Twitter and, to all intents and purposes, acts in a very similar fashion. Perri Grace, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023

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“To all intents and purposes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20all%20intents%20and%20purposes. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.

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