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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Since the early 1990s, a handful of wealthy families -- an oligarchy in all but name -- has dominated Greek politics.
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Pavlos Eleftheriadis, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2014
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has already slashed research programs, and the administration has laid off dozens of employees — actions that education advocates say amount to eliminating the department in all but name.
—Anna North, Vox, 4 Mar. 2025
Since becoming president, Bolsonaro has indeed brought soldiers back to the table—to the degree that many Brazilians think of his administration as a military government in all but name.
—Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
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.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2024
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Pavlos Eleftheriadis, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2014
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has already slashed research programs, and the administration has laid off dozens of employees — actions that education advocates say amount to eliminating the department in all but name.
—Anna North, Vox, 4 Mar. 2025
Since becoming president, Bolsonaro has indeed brought soldiers back to the table—to the degree that many Brazilians think of his administration as a military government in all but name.
—Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
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.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Dec. 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 1 Apr. 2025.
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