How to Use prima facie in a Sentence
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That's prima facie proof of tax-loss harvesting.
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Michael Kaplan,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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Yet prima facie, the agreement is much more like a corporate loan than a Project Loan.
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Ann Rutledge,
Forbes,
13 Aug. 2023
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People with prima facie recognition but not full refugee status remained in limbo for decades.
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Nanjala Nyabola,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Oct. 2019
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The abandonment of that structure in the play’s final third is likewise precise, and many will value the disruption prima facie — at first glance.
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Jesse Green,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2023
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Many might think the 28-year age gap is prima facie evidence of a sugar daddy/sugar baby relationship.
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Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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Well, one option might be to assume that the anonymous cash will be used primarily by criminals and possession of it will be taken to be prima facie evidence of criminality.
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David G.w. Birch,
Forbes,
31 Oct. 2024
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While the order appears defensible on national-security grounds prima facie, closer scrutiny reveals trouble spots.
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Jonathan Nicastro,
National Review,
11 Aug. 2023
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Three Uncomfortable Questions The charts above create prima facie case for a reconsideration of university overhead rates.
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George Calhoun,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
- There is strong prima facie evidence that she committed perjury.
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There is a strong prima facie case that raw scientific data should be made freely available.
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Neuroskeptic,
Discover Magazine,
16 Aug. 2016
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That somebody even came up with this idea is prima facie evidence that somebody’s tricorn is on much too tight.
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Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
8 Sep. 2017
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No simple annoyance, but this felt a lot like a prima facie violation of privacy.
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J.t. Barbarese,
New York Daily News,
18 Aug. 2025
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Exports are good and imports are bad in Trumponomics, and a trade deficit is prima facie evidence that the other side has acted in bad faith.
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Bloomberg.com,
8 Mar. 2018
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That’s because people have a prima facie obligation to return the belongings of others.
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Kate Padgett Walsh,
The Conversation,
2 June 2021
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First, the plaintiff must establish a prima facie case of retaliation.
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Eric Bachman,
Forbes,
1 June 2021
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Tension is in the air, and the body language, mannerisms and discussions at board meetings is prima facie evidence that the struggle is real.
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Jeff Rumage,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
29 Jan. 2020
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And thus far a disquieting amount of the information the mobster alleged appears to have a prima facie believability.
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Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
8 June 2021
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It has also been understood as prima facie evidence of the futility of socialist politics.
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Mark Lamster,
Dallas News,
15 Apr. 2020
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Once the employee makes out a prima facie, the burden shifts to the employer to articulate a non-discriminatory reason for its actions.
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Eric Bachman,
Forbes,
10 Dec. 2021
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Failure to conform, in any society, is treated in casual parlance as prima facie evidence of insanity.
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Holman W. Jenkins,
WSJ,
1 Sep. 2017
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The idea there is a prima facie national benefit in having senators from both parties agreeing to a dubious policy is almost childlike in its view of history.
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Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
7 Mar. 2018
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That’s because prima facie moral obligations depend on particular details of situations.
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Kate Padgett Walsh,
The Conversation,
2 June 2021
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Harry’s prima facie allegiance to his mother and his herculean labors to hold her memorial standard high — as opposed to exhibiting any such loyalty to his father — will, obviously, be at work in everything Harry does for the foreseeable future.
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Guy Martin,
Forbes,
7 June 2021
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