sine qua non
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In fact, the history of whaling on its own disproves the central point of “The Killing Age,” that guns were a sine qua non for the making of the modern world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
But a first hostage deal “is the sine qua non of the administration’s larger regional deal,” said Martin S. Indyk, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
From sine qua non of American psychedelia, to folk-rock deity, jam band progenitor, disco Dead and Top 40 sensation, there was seemingly no pivot the band couldn’t navigate in its 30 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
And in gourmet circles, nettles are the sine qua non of spring greens.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2023
It was as though he knew very well that in Lombard's past actions legality had not always been a sine qua non....
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
