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a fortiori

[ah fohr-ti-oh-ree, ey fawr-shee-awr-ahy, ey fohr-shee-ohr-ahy] / ɑ ˌfoʊr tɪˈoʊ ri, eɪ ˌfɔr ʃiˈɔr aɪ, eɪ ˌfoʊr ʃiˈoʊr aɪ /


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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

And if not outlines, a fortiori not details of mass, which have all the complexity of the outline multiplied a thousand fold, and drawn in fainter colors.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by John Ruskin

Whatever is true of an ordinary bishop is true a fortiori of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

From Studies in Contemporary Biography by James Bryce, Viscount Bryce

If you ask me how she managed it I can’t tell you; it’s no business of mine, and a fortiori none of yours. 

From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by Henry James



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