pro re nata
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of pro re nata
Literally, “for a thing born”
Example Sentences
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Sarah Taylor, a 61-year-old Jamaican-British immigrant from a town an hour up the road, worked pro re nata and needed coverage.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2014
And if any exigent fall out, that the Presbyterie of Edinburgh give advertisement for an Assembly pro re nata.
From The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly
"Ay!" cried Jerry Keller, "be it so; let us adjourn pro re nata."
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various
And it is much to Byron's credit that, in speaking of the deceased Cambridge poet, he forgot his own argument and its exigencies, and proved himself only a paradoxer pro re nata.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene
Being now well read as well as travelled, we was soon /pro re nata/ with the best society in Rosa, and was invited out to the most dressed-up and high-toned entertainments.
From Heart of the West by Henry, O.
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