sine qua non

That accumulation of identities is already a sine qua non when speaking of Hispanics, like Zimmerman.

In the land of the industrial revolution, foreign ownership and management is the sine qua non of industrial success.

This unsmoked, wet-cured ham is the sine qua non of Parisian butcher shops: a light, ephemeral meat, sweet but umami.

It teaches you to take your time, or as the Germans call it, it gives you "Ruhe (repose)," the grand sine qua non!

The Plumb Plan has not yet been made the sine qua non of the American labor program.

I admit that slavery is at the root of the rebellion, or at least its sine qua non.

This self-deception is a necessary step in crowd-formation and is a sine qua non of becoming a crowd.

Ample light and air are a sine qua non; concealment appears to be a matter of no importance.