Use "de-facto" in a sentence

1. It was rare that he came down into the bowels of Heymon's duty section during duty shift, but for the last three weeks he wanted to see what his de-facto science officer was doing about the bogie

2. It goes without saying that our Society‘s de-facto pardon of this crass, mean-spirited individual of low character has been well chronicled over the years as witnessed by its increasing tolerance for low-brow humor that continues to undermine the customs of polite society

3. Maybe Ganesh would become the de-facto father now

4. Smythe had a sort of de-facto command of their group

5. He was the de-facto military commander for the area’s Space Force personnel and their attendant Marines

6. The others treated him as the de-facto leader when their father was not around

7. Gabby, Saul’s sister, lead the group as she had become their de-facto leader

8. That de-facto continued hostility from the South had forced the Northern Alliance into placing strict limitations on commerce and people traffic from Africa and South Asia, while the Spacers League had effectively blockaded any spaceships from landing or taking off from those two regions

9. Windowmaker has been de-facto accepted as an honored resident whether he is here, or not