Synonyms for to all intents and purposes
to all in·tents and pur·pos·es

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1. to all intents and purposesadverb

   Synonyms:
   effectively, practically, in essence, essentially, virtually, in effect

2. to all intents and purposesadverb

   For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect; practically speaking.

   Synonyms:
   practically, essentially, in essence, virtually, in effect, effectively

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1. for all practical purposes, to all intents and purposes, for all intents and purposesadverb

   in every practical sense

   "to all intents and purposes the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical purposes useless"

   Synonyms:
   for all practical purposes, for all intents and purposes

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1. Steven Young:

   It's a lot easier to take plain ice cream mix and' dress it up' to become eggnog. For all intents and purposes, that's what eggnog has been.

2. Nicholas Spiro:

   The markets have been yearning for a period of political stability in Turkey for quite some time now. To all intents and purposes this is the best result that the markets could expect.

3. Ian Ball:

   Canada is, for all intents and purposes, one of the best places you can explore.

4. Andrew Cuomo:

   You have states that have legalized it now…. It is no longer a question of legal or illegal. It’s legal in Massachusetts. It may be legal in New Jersey. Which means for all intents and purposes it’s going to be here anyway.

5. Caroline Johnson:

   We knew it was going to be a very difficult battle, his doctor called it for all intents and purposes, ‘an angry mass’ — she knew it was a bad tumor after the colonoscopy; she thinks it was a polyp that went bad fast.