Sentence examples for de facto nominating from inspiring English sources
Radical change is needed, and the best method might be to engage in a national, one-day primary for each party that serves as a de facto nominating convention.
De jure, perhaps, but de facto, no.
You've nominated, as de facto leaders of your political parties, two men who make Gordon Brown and David Cameron look puny by comparison.
De facto ruler for two decades, Abdullah had nominated his successor, his half-brother Salman (see picture below), who was quickly elevated to king.
McConnell stated up front he will not bring to the Senate floor anyone Obama nominates, thus he, in a de facto manner, is violating the constitution.
The nominating races are now decided by a de facto national primary that has all the liabilities and none of the virtues of a real one.
He made clear his intent to reduce the number of government ministries, and he nominated a single minister of justice and interior a de facto merging of the two entities.
The Republicans did not nominate a candidate, so the Democratic primary was the de facto general election.
"The Forest Service did not usurp Congressional authority because the roadless rule did not establish de facto wilderness," the court said in a decision written by Judge Jerome A. Holmes, who was nominated to the court by President George W. Bush.
Only weeks after the Episcopal Church ended a de facto moratorium on promoting gay men and lesbians into the church hierarchy, church leaders in Los Angeles nominated two openly gay priests as assistant bishops on Sunday.
