clause
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They will pay an initial £65m, plus a potential £5m in add-ons, while the Seagulls have also negotiated a sell-on clause.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The owners’ underlying pitch then was that the reserve clause was crucial for the very survival of the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The domestic emoluments clause provides for the president to receive a fixed salary and bars him from receiving “Any other emolument from the United States or any of them.”
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
At the same time the constitutional authority found that certain provisions of the legislation required clarification, including the so-called conscience clause, which allows healthcare professionals to refuse to take part in the procedure.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 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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In practice, these clauses don’t capture the complexity of surrogacy dynamics.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Additionally, many of these contracts contain conditional requirements or cancellation clauses in case build-outs stall.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Gunners also have Como's Jacobo Ramon on a list of defenders they would like to bring in, but it is understood clauses in the Spaniard's contract make a deal difficult.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But Marquez said an evacuation order would open up other resources for more residents, including home insurance clauses for homeowners that provides assistance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Several clauses are joined or embedded in a sentence; several sentences make up a paragraph; several paragraphs make up a section, several sections a chapter, several chapters a book.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Vocabulary lists containing clause
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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