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conditional

[kuhn-dish-uh-nl] / kənˈdɪʃ ə nl /


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Trusts are usually written in very conditional, flexible language to account for all future possible scenarios and last through several generations of trustees and beneficiaries.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

In addition, it includes a conditional restriction that Meta also agreed to: expanding the nighttime shutdown period to 10:00 pm to 7:00 am, if other platforms also commit to do the same.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

People who agree to conditional cautions can be subject to certain terms, which can include a fine, reparations to the victim or rehabilitation.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The Canadian government, alongside regional authorities, had provided roughly $710 million to Stellantis to help with plant reconfiguration, conditional on the company meeting certain production and employment thresholds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

For that, the AEC gave only conditional approval, with the final nod to be based on the Mark Is performance.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

"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

But there are other ways to express conditionals, such as “You can have pudding only if you eat your meat” or “All dogs are mammals.”

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

“What Slavic 101 couldn’t name didn’t exist,” Batuman writes; Nina’s reality remains untroubled by conditionals and subjunctives.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2017

Remote conditionals are the finicky ones, though their demands, as we shall see, are not as arbitrary as they at first seem.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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