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.
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Heating up the franchise and the genre as much as its backwoods Alaska setting put things in a deep freeze, Night County was a new show in all but name.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2024
But if its breakout time is sufficiently short, then latency is nuclearization in all but name, and South Korea would face the international backlash without capturing the full security benefits.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
Arizona State officials argued that the fast-growing college was already a university in everything but name.
—Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
Instead, you’re left with the M4 MacBook Pro, a MacBook Air in all but name, and a far cry from the engineering and performance found in the genuine MacBook Pros also on sale.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2024
But if its breakout time is sufficiently short, then latency is nuclearization in all but name, and South Korea would face the international backlash without capturing the full security benefits.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
Arizona State officials argued that the fast-growing college was already a university in everything but name.
—Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
Instead, you’re left with the M4 MacBook Pro, a MacBook Air in all but name, and a far cry from the engineering and performance found in the genuine MacBook Pros also on sale.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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“In all/everything but name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20all%2Feverything%20but%20name. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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