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  for all practical purposes
       adv : in every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes the
             case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical
             purposes useless" [syn: to all intents and purposes,
             for all intents and purposes]

  for all practical purposes
     prep.phr.
     effectively, virtually; practically

  for all practical purposes
     prep.phr.
     effectively, virtually; practically

  for all practical purposes
     prep.phr.
     effectively, virtually; practically

  for all practical purposes
     prep.phr.
     effectively, virtually; practically

  for all practical purposes /fɔːɹ ˈɔːl pɹˈaktɪkəl pˈɜːpəsɪz/
  faktisch, de facto, praktisch, in der Praxis 
        "'Over the radio' meant, for all practical purposes, the BBC."  - „Im Radio“ war praktisch gleichbedeutend mit BBC.
     Synonyms: effectively, in effect, de facto
  
   see: Effectively, this means / In effect, this means that companies are able to avoid the regulation.
  

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "for all practical purposes":
     all in all, almost entirely, approximately, approximatively,
     by and large, chiefly, effectually, essentially,
     for practical purposes, generally, generally speaking,
     in round numbers, in the main, mainly, more or less, mostly,
     on balance, on the whole, practically, roughly, roughly speaking,
     roundly, say, substantially, virtually
  
  

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