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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