ab initio

“Ab Welsh, who was a forward with the Saskatoon Quakers was the first one,” Howe said.
Gordie Howe Hockey’s Greatest War Horse|W.C. Heinz|May 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Manning the flight was Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the 50-year-old pilot, and his 27-year-old first mate Officer Fariq Ab Hamid.
Up To Speed On Malaysia Airlines Flight 370|Caitlin Dickson|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On 27 July 2013, AB Neubauer reported that she was sexually assaulted the previous evening.
Spies, Lies, and Rape in the Air Force: An Undercover Agent's Story|Jacob Siegel|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An AB is a muscle found on magazine covers, an AD in the mag says Virginia's For Lovers.
National Scrabble Day: A Poem So You’ll Know All 101 Two-Letter Words|David Bukszpan|April 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The ABT has a saying on the inside, “If you ever disrespect the AB, we will make sure you leave in a body bag.”
The Aryan Brotherhood of Texas: ‘Brutal, Deadly, and Effective’|Seth Ferranti|April 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Aunty Rosa sat him upon a table and told him that A B meant ab.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Seqvitvr iam ex initio propositis tertium, nimirum vt exponatur, quonam tand loco rem Christianam his in locis offenderimus.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Ab eo igitur tpore Patres nostros perhumaniter habuit, atque honorific in omnibus, mensque benign accepit.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
I do not think that Lancelot was ab origine the hero of a variant of this popular and widely-spread folk-tale.
The Three Days' Tournament|Jessie L. Weston
Et idem Johannes nullam partem artium prædictarum ab apprenticio suo concelabit.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds|Francis Aiden Hibbert

British Dictionary definitions for ab initio

ab initio

/ Latin (æb ɪˈnɪʃɪˌəʊ) /

from the start; from scratchab initio courses

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