The Only Use
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And Then There Were None
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- It was as though he knew very well that in Lombard's past actions legality had not always been a sine qua non.... Lombard's own lips parted in a grin.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(sine qua non) an indispensable action, condition or thingFrom Latin, meaning "without which not." Used in formal writing to emphasize that something is absolutely necessary, not just helpful or important.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)