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In all but name

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prep_phrase

1
In practice, though in an unacknowledged way.
Thenceforth my voice was a household law; and at an age when few children have abandoned their leading-strings, I was left to the guidance of my own will, and became, in all but name, the master of my own actions.
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de facto for all intents and purposes for all practical purposes

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prep_phrase

1
In practice, though in an unacknowledged way.
Thenceforth my voice was a household law; and at an age when few children have abandoned their leading-strings, I was left to the guidance of my own will, and became, in all but name, the master of my own actions.
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de facto for all intents and purposes for all practical purposes

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