nisi

Example Sentences

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A decree nisi was due to be granted in March 2021.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2022

His children cried, last August, when he announced he would be leaving, when he filed the paperwork to complete his decree nisi, and that was enough to persuade him to stay.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2021

And that's only the beginning of what the nil nisi bonum faithful evaded.

From Salon • May 8, 2021

De mortuis nihil nisi bonum is a lovely motto.

From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2018

"Cuiusvis hominis est errare. Nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda