- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not gold idiom
- anger
- fantastical
- fever dream
- fictional
- fictionality
- fictionally
- nothing could be further from the truth idiom
- nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughts idiom
- parallel universe
- post-factual
- practically
- unreal
- untrue
- untruly
- unverifiable
- urban myth
Meaning of de facto in English
de facto | American Dictionary
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Examples of de facto
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With selective re-centralization measures, de facto federalism is gradually being institutionalized.
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The main problem in implementing the gas directive is the position of statutory or de facto monopolies in gas transmission.
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The second source is owned de jure by the state but where households de facto utilize the area without due concern for ownership.
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Allowing water to be traded in an irrigation system with de facto riparian rights can increase the efficiency of water use.
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Many congregations, for instance, developed a complex hierarchy of offices, which de facto seemed less personalized than those of the state.
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Compared to de facto federalism, the advantages of federalism are obvious.
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At the same time, judicial review tends to contribute to a creeping supranationalisation of both de facto and de jure competences.
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In this case, the decision to wait for other secondary data is de facto judged as more attractive than investing resources to collect these data.
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It was de facto multidisciplinary in character and employed engineers together with scientists of diverse backgrounds.
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They speak to the nature of the criteria, not to their de facto status in particular instances.
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Subjects obeyed de facto holders of power in exchange for protection.
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Although strong enough to withstand it domestically, his influence as the de facto foreign minister of the country was eroded.
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Legitimate authorities change protected reasons; merely de facto authorities do not (though they purport to change or are taken to change protected reasons).
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Com members assumed that the amicable relations between the two regimes assured them of a de facto dual citizenship. 19.
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The governments cannot enforce the original status quo, as the most integrationist government is indifferent between the de facto operation and the de jure rules.
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