Word: facto
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Evans saw the house system as a place where de facto segregation along ethnic and economic lines prevailed...
...their domain be extended to include the fiercely contested oil-rich city of Kirkuk. They want a greater share of oil revenues, and also insist on keeping their ethnic militia - the peshmerga - intact, simply incorporating it under the umbrella of the Iraqi national army but making it the de facto defense force of the Kurdish region, into which no other national army units would be allowed to enter. In essence, the Kurds are naming as their price for cooperation the right to put in place the basic infrastructure of secession in an expanded Kurdish region...
Alliot-Marie also argued that the world’s decision to hold the Olympics in Beijing was a de facto blessing to China and that it must now act consistently with that decision...
...shade under three minutes into the St. Lawrence man advantage, Magura’s clearing effort off the lefthand boards caromed to Mandes as he dashed into the Saints’ zone all by himself. As he reached out to corral the de facto pass, McKenna slid out of his crease and took out Mandes’ legs, preventing him from pulling the puck back across his body to shoot...
...shade under three minutes into the St. Lawrence man advantage, Magura’s clearing effort off the lefthand boards caromed to Mandes as he dashed into the Saints’ zone all by himself. As he reached out to corral the de facto pass, slid out of his crease and took out Mandes’ legs, preventing him from pulling the puck back across his body to shoot...