Sentence examples for de facto modes from inspiring English sources

Lady Antebellum — two boys, one girl — is the gold standard for this sound, which is slowly becoming one of young Nashville's de facto modes.

Another Teamie co-founder, Shivanu Shukla, said social networks were becoming the de facto mode of communication.

And yet, the chilly evening in Chicago ended with Liriano's teammates assembled in the infield, doing that group jump that has become the de facto mode of celebration in baseball.

Marsden's goal is an awfully lofty one — he wants to see Dryft become the de facto mode of text input for tablets, though he concedes that the team can't do it without a little external help.

A reoccurring, pacifistic mainstream hero was a pretty revolutionary stance, and Raven continues to hold that place of honor when considering how "attack" has become the de facto mode of existence in online conversation, political battles and broadcast fare.

The shift in music criticism as a result of the Internet solidifies the relevance of metamodernism as the de facto expressive mode for Generation Y (the oft-discussed "Millennials").

De jure, perhaps, but de facto, no.

Interestingly, because the multiple deployments of S3DB are accessed independently by multiple deployments of various applications, the mode of syntactic interoperation is de facto peer-to-peer.

"These publications challenge de facto censorship.

Before long they are de facto partners.

"The soldiers hold de facto power.