in all/everything but name

idiom

: not in an official way but in every other way

Military governors ruled the country in all but name for many years.

Their marriage was over in all but name five years ago.

Examples of in all/everything but name in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Winsome and intoxicating, even through those crystal-clear blue eyes, the hunky actor has spent the last two decades as a bonafide Hollywood Chris in everything but name. —

Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2024 In his interview with Tucker Carlson, this past February, Putin cited Krasikov in all but name when Carlson pushed him on freeing Evan. —

Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2024 Now president in all but name, Nelson Mandela swept into the ANC headquarters to address his followers. —

Outside Online, 26 June 2024 Modi has put that process on steroids and today presides over an autocracy in all but name. —

Ashoka Mody, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in all/everything but name

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