conditional

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Chip stocks across Asia rose sharply as the conditional cease-fire buoyed investor sentiment about lower chip-making costs and a continued AI investment boom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

But the minutes reinforced how those expectations were conditional on inflation resuming a decline toward their goal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

With copper’s long-term uptrend intact and sentiment turning up from extreme pessimism, copper becomes a conditional confirmation test for the reopening theme.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

During the past year, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has granted full approval to one crypto firm, and conditional approval to at least four others, to establish a national trust bank.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

They interpreted their slapdash working conditions, created by chronic underfunding by the AEC, as an ominous sign that the agency’s commitment to Livermore remained conditional.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik