How to use "de facto" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "de facto" in popular movie and book plots

  • Michael Canaris, Hatcher's right-hand man, quarantines him and takes his place as de facto Prime Minister.  - Doomsday (2008 film)
  • ", he accepts it as a de facto victory and one of the few times his baseball team has won a game.  - It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown
  • At the same time, Vitti is told by de facto boss Patti LoPresti that the Rigazzi family wants him dead.  - Analyze That
  • Chopra, who has been waiting for such chance, usurps Sharma's company and becomes its de facto owner.  - Baazigar
  • Note that 38 peaks are on de facto borders and two (Jongsong Peak and Sia Kangri) are on tripoints.  - List of highest mountains on Earth
  • Upon finding out about the letter, which was a de facto "declaration of war against China",S.  - The Kremlin Letter
  • Siding with the peasant revolutionaries, Carruthers becomes the leader of the operation and thus the de facto leader of the peasants.  - The Dark Frontier
  • The eponymous Donkey Kong character is the game's de facto villain.  - Donkey Kong (video game)
  • The doctor's wife is the de facto leader of their small group, although in the end she often serves their disabled needs.  - Blindness (novel)
  • In the de facto series finale (the series was canceled after the conclusion of the season), Amy quits the judiciary to run for theS.  - Judging Amy
  • Nell, the de facto leader of the Orange Star COs, gives the player the duty of a tactical adviser for the Orange Star Army.  - Advance Wars
  • Sam is the unacknowledged yet de facto mentor to the boy since childhood, and has always treated Hally as his nephew/ward.  - "Master Harold"...and the Boys
  • She reminisces about her friend Buddy, whom she has dated more or less seriously, and who considers himself her de facto fiancé.  - The Bell Jar
  • Max and Bradley, as de facto leaders of their groups, arrange a bet that whoever loses in the finals will be towel-boy to the other.  - An Extremely Goofy Movie
  • They start recruiting others for the long haul and Rod becomes the de facto leader of a community that eventually grows to around 75 people.  - Tunnel in the Sky
  • In parallel with this, the government has become a de facto oligarchy whose beneficiaries are members of organised crime.  - The Shockwave Rider

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