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clause

[klawz] / klɔz /


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Vicki Sparks: Alajbegovic had such an impressive campaign at Salzburg that his former club, Bayer Leverkusen, have exercised their buy-back clause after just one season.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

So it imports Callais’ impossible standards into the equal protection clause.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Luckily for Germany, it will escape public rebuke because of a clause allowing for exemptions related to defence spending, which the country has ramped up in the wake of Russia's Ukraine invasion.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

The White House declined to comment on whether the administration would also make changes to the tax immunity clause.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

A nonrestrictive relative clause is set offby commas, dashes, or parentheses, and expresses a comment from the peanut gallery, as in The pair of shoes, which cost five thousand dollars, was hideous.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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