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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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