How to Use prima facie in a Sentence

prima facie

adjective
  • There is strong prima facie evidence that she committed perjury.
  • 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.
    Bloomberg.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • That somebody even came up with this idea is prima facie evidence that somebody’s tricorn is on much too tight.
    Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Yelp argued that it ought not be required to respond to the subpoena because Mirza failed to establish a prima facie case.
    Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Comey’s memos, combined with Trump’s admission, make a strong prima facie case.
    Jacob Weisberg, Slate Magazine, 19 May 2017
  • None of these scenarios is prima facie impossible, and therefore, once raised, none can be dismissed out of hand.
    Lindsay Beyerstein, The New Republic, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Tension is in the air, and the body language, mannerisms and discussions at board meetings is prima facie evidence that the struggle is real.
    Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2020
  • That’s because people have a prima facie obligation to return the belongings of others.
    Kate Padgett Walsh, The Conversation, 2 June 2021
  • This makes the tripling of U.S. exports to France in the last decade an achievement to be celebrated, rather than prima facie evidence of some anti-American conspiracy.
    Geoffrey Smith, Fortune, 13 June 2019
  • First, the plaintiff must establish a prima facie case of retaliation.
    Eric Bachman, Forbes, 1 June 2021
  • And thus far a disquieting amount of the information the mobster alleged appears to have a prima facie believability.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • Once the employee makes out a prima facie, the burden shifts to the employer to articulate a non-discriminatory reason for its actions.
    Eric Bachman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • 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.
    Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 7 Mar. 2018
  • It has also been understood as prima facie evidence of the futility of socialist politics.
    Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Failure to conform, in any society, is treated in casual parlance as prima facie evidence of insanity.
    Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2017
  • 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.
    Guy Martin, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • That’s because prima facie moral obligations depend on particular details of situations.
    Kate Padgett Walsh, The Conversation, 2 June 2021
  • There is strong prima facie evidence that she committed perjury.
  • 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.
    Bloomberg.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • That somebody even came up with this idea is prima facie evidence that somebody’s tricorn is on much too tight.
    Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Yelp argued that it ought not be required to respond to the subpoena because Mirza failed to establish a prima facie case.
    Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Comey’s memos, combined with Trump’s admission, make a strong prima facie case.
    Jacob Weisberg, Slate Magazine, 19 May 2017
  • None of these scenarios is prima facie impossible, and therefore, once raised, none can be dismissed out of hand.
    Lindsay Beyerstein, The New Republic, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Tension is in the air, and the body language, mannerisms and discussions at board meetings is prima facie evidence that the struggle is real.
    Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2020
  • That’s because people have a prima facie obligation to return the belongings of others.
    Kate Padgett Walsh, The Conversation, 2 June 2021
  • This makes the tripling of U.S. exports to France in the last decade an achievement to be celebrated, rather than prima facie evidence of some anti-American conspiracy.
    Geoffrey Smith, Fortune, 13 June 2019
  • First, the plaintiff must establish a prima facie case of retaliation.
    Eric Bachman, Forbes, 1 June 2021
  • And thus far a disquieting amount of the information the mobster alleged appears to have a prima facie believability.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • Once the employee makes out a prima facie, the burden shifts to the employer to articulate a non-discriminatory reason for its actions.
    Eric Bachman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • 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.
    Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 7 Mar. 2018

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