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
The reasoning supporting the atomistic views described above is a priori.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
If an art is true, if an art is free of falsenesses, it is, a priori, beautiful.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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