for all intents and purposes

Idioms and Phrases

see to all intents and purposes .

Example Sentences

“Things are very different now. Things evolved during the period of time that I was there where the police commissioners, for all intents and purposes, provided a rubber stamp,” he said in the deposition.

From Los Angeles Times

When someone did find their way into one of the street-wide corrals serving as a line, they were, for all intents and purposes, on their own in a sea of people.

From Salon

“It was voted down. So, for all intents and purposes, that’s it.”

From Los Angeles Times

The White Castle slider was, for all intents and purposes, a White Castle slider.

From Los Angeles Times

“My customers for all intents and purposes are safe coming from the parking lot,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• approximately
• basically
• essentially
• morally
• nearly
• virtually