nisi

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

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2022

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

From Salon • May 8, 2021

In the early 3rd century, biographer Diogenes Laërtius attributed the phrase “do not speak ill of the dead” to philosopher Chilon of Sparta, later popularized in Latin as De mortuis nihil nisi bonum.

From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2018

Again, de mortuis nil nisi bonum, but let's not forget that the legend of JFK is largely that -- a legend.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2015

An arch has the school’s motto painted on it: Nil magnum nisi bonum.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel