a fortiori
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"That said... that does not mean that the individuals who were targeted, and a fortiori the person who died, were themselves involved in trafficking. I want to be absolutely clear on that".
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
For, after all, is it not by now conceded that, a fortiori, if marzeydoats and doazey-doats then the invariable corallary is habeas corpus mandamus potatus?
From Time Magazine Archive
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The care of God for man is generally argued, a fortiori, from His care for inferior creatures.
From Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker by M. (Meletios) Golden
So a fortiori rice does not conform to the climate of northern Japan, where the frost arrives often very early and the whole crop is thereby damaged, except a few precocious varieties.
From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara
The same criticism applied a fortiori to the English income tax which constituted the worst possible form of taxation.
From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Gilbert Chinard