How to Use de facto in a Sentence

de facto

1 of 2 adverb

• Luzardo, as the de facto ace, needs to set the example among the group.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
• The curved shape also acts as a de facto shock absorber.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2023
• The fact that Chong was now the de facto director of their films had upset the balance of power.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2024
• The de facto freeze on natural gas projects is a decision that should not stand.
  — Mike Sommers, Fortune Europe, 1 Feb. 2024
• The Silicon Valley heavyweights were the de facto gatekeepers for how and whether the tech would be used.
  — Kashmir Hill, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• And things could be much worse than having Idris Elba as your surprise de facto host.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
• The lobby has acted as the de facto living room for the entire town since its inception in 1989.
  — Brandon Perlman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2024
• Due to the success of his many gigs, Morris was tapped to be the head of production for the Woodstock festival and served as one of the de facto MCs of the program.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• Inevitably these streets lead to the Castello area’s de facto center, Via Garibaldi.
  — Tara Isabella Burton, WSJ, 27 June 2023
• Despite being a de facto incumbent, Donald Trump lost 49% of the vote in Iowa.
  — Dylan Wells and Mariana Alfaro The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 21 Feb. 2024
• Towards the end of the first part, the character Pushpa assumes de facto control of the syndicate.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
• Seems that Riley, the de facto runt of this particular litter of teenagers, wants to test his mettle.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
• Suu Kyi created the role of state counselor to work around the military’s obstruction and became the de facto head of state.
  — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
• One member of the executive branch should not have the de facto authority to do that.
  — Roger Huang, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Twelve weeks prior, Grégoire Trudeau had been among the most recognizable de facto first ladies on the planet.
  — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2024
• Saudi Arabia and Russia, de facto leaders of the group, cut a similar amount on top of that this summer.
  — David Uberti, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2023
• Despite Hamas’s attacks at the crossings, Israel did not impose a blockade on Gaza until Hamas’s de facto takeover of the strip in 2007.
  — Dennis Ross, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2023
• The team’s de facto leader watched from home as Johnson took over his position at center to clinch the championship.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 6 Aug. 2023
• But the reality is that Trump has been the de facto incumbent of the party, and there's hardly anything anyone can do about it.
  — Ashley Lopez, NPR, 24 Feb. 2024
• An additional sequence in the middle of or at the end of the credits has become the de facto tool used by filmmakers to tease future movies.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 27 Aug. 2023
• And as the city’s de facto street-style royalty, Emily Ratajkowski is of course taking part in the jorts renaissance.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Aug. 2023
• Those sections are what makes this Equalizer 3 the de facto highlight of the trilogy, even if calling this a great movie is stretching it.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
• In the early years, after the death of William’s first wife, Eliza was the de facto lady of the house, hosting dinners for William’s eminent literary colleagues.
  — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2023
• But the de facto mainland ban has coincided with a revival in Taiwanese film and TV, making for an event that still carries weight.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 3 Oct. 2023
• Lionel Richie serves as the de facto tour guide for this trip down memory lane, which fulfills its promise to make a better day (or at least 90-some-odd minutes) for you and me.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
• Insurance companies argue that lessors should have done more to repossess the planes from Russia–and that the U.S. is in a de facto war with Russia, which would void some claims.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
• The de facto reunion comes as Timberlake looks to shed some recent criticism.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• Clio, her new mini Bernedoodle puppy, and the company’s de facto mascot, is curled up at her feet.
  — Marley Marius, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2024
• For all intents and purposes, Bush’s statement acts as a de facto acceptance speech.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2023
• Labor Day weekend is widely considered the de facto end of summer.
  — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 30 Aug. 2023

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de facto

2 of 2 adjective

• At the time, the vote was framed as a de facto referendum on the protests.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 20 Dec. 2021
• The army chief is widely seen as the de facto ruler in Pakistan.
  — Time, 29 Nov. 2022
• In two years, Tyler Herro will be the Heat’s de facto point guard.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2022
• But the reality on the ground is that much of the city is in de facto lockdown.
  — Brian Spegele, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022
• Delfino has become the de facto face of the site, though not by design.
  — Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2022
• The message was that MBS -- the de facto ruler of the kingdom -- would be shunned and dealings would only be with the king.
  — Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 13 July 2022
• The ports are under a de facto naval blockade by Russian forces off the coast, Crow said.
  — Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 5 May 2022
• Tight ends are emerging as de facto WR2's on their teams.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
• Later in the locker room, the All-Star point guard and de facto team lead presented Popovich with the game ball.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Mar. 2022
• Hannah was the de facto hero who Dunham could play as a willful goof.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2022
• And being a de facto co-host, forced to wait to ask her questions until the men were finished, wasn’t good enough.
  — Robert Bianco, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2022
• The Marines would not move toward him onto de facto Taliban turf.
  — Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
• Players complain that the luxury tax has been used as a de facto salary cap.
  — Jared Diamond, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2022
• As the runner-up, the D.U.P. is entitled to name a deputy first minister, who functions as a de facto equal.
  — New York Times, 7 May 2022
• Senior aides view the forthcoming State of the Union Address as a de facto launch of his reelection bid.
  — Nancy Cordes, Ed O'Keefe, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2023
• But the Uvalde massacre occurred in an existing, de facto war zone.
  — Palabra, al, 7 June 2022
• Crypto lenders, which acted as the de facto banks, boomed during the pandemic.
  — Reuters, CNN, 20 Jan. 2023
• Xi’an, a city in Shaanxi province, locked down for more than a month in December and January and is back in de facto lockdown.
  — Eyck Freymann, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2022
• That means Johnson is the de facto person in charge of the House until lawmakers settle on a speaker.
  — Fox News, 8 Dec. 2022
• Starbucks has become the de facto public toilet in many areas, but lines can be very long.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2023
• In many ways, plastic bottles have become the de facto symbol of the waste that clogs up waterways and harms marine life.
  — Anne Quito, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2022
• In charge of keeping the peace is Mary Beth Swann, who serves as the island’s de facto police captain while her husband, Archie, fights overseas.
  — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2022
• Almost by accident, the show acts as a kind of de facto commercial for the real estate.
  — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2021
• His attorneys have argued the lengthy prison sentence was a de facto life sentence due to his failing health.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022
• The larger scandal is that the Postal Service Reform Act is itself a de facto long-term federal bailout.
  — The Editors, National Review, 8 Mar. 2022
• This year marks the first time that oil prices have hovered above $100 a barrel since Prince Mohammed became the country’s de facto ruler, a boost to his plans to remake his kingdom.
  — Rory Jones, WSJ, 18 May 2022
• At that time—one that felt like a period of rapid change, but by today’s measures was glacially and quaintly slow—buying IBM was the safe choice and thus, de facto, the right one.
  — Seth Matlins, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
• An even more troubling, recent example is the de facto snuffing out of the free press and opposition in Hong Kong.
  — Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
• But some residents in the Turnagain neighborhood say the land, just east of the Rustic Goat restaurant, has long been a de facto park and should remain that way.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2022
• Ken Fulk used floor-to-ceiling storage to create a de facto mudroom from an empty hallway.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 13 Jan. 2023

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