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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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 Nosferatu 1922’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror was a Dracula movie in all but name. —

Wes Davis, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for in all/everything but name

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