conditional
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In 2019, she violated probation a third time and was granted conditional revocable release, meaning if she got in trouble again she could face jail time, according to court records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
To investigate whether Menin loss could actually contribute to aging, rather than simply accompany it, the researchers created conditional knockout mice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
However, their support could be conditional - just because an MP votes in favour of the bill at this stage in the proceedings, it does not mean they will do so at the third reading.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Waller’s conditional case last week for holding rates steady, as officials did in July, rested on the Fed’s forecast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The second kind is called a remote conditional, from the expression “a remote possibility.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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"They also can repair damage to their DNA caused by radiation and other extreme conditionals or chemicals."
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2024
In the courtroom his lawyer read out a carefully written, complicated text, full of caveats, conditionals and the passive voice.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2023
All conditionals include two components—that which follows the “if” and that which follows the “then.”
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
CDC officials have occasionally cited that paper in technical writings, couched in conditionals.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2016
Fortunately, there is a formula for writing graceful conditionals, and it becomes clear once you recognize two distinctions.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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