a priori
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"Whether ultra-processed foods contribute to our currently rising rates of non-communicable disease requires direct testing in analytic studies designed a priori to do so," said Charles H. Hennekens, M.D.,
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024
"I am not a priori against", he said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 28, 2023
Among people who have good immune health, can I predict a priori that they will do as well during an infection?
From Scientific American ● Jun. 21, 2023
But knowing that 3 is the square root of 9 is a priori, given that it’s possible for a person to reason their way to this belief.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
This study is more impressive, even if less spectacular, than the earlier a priori probability argument.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
