grandfather clause

Example Sentences

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Perceived ambiguity over the “vague” grandfather clause has led doctors to stop providing the care, Stewart said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2023

Arnold Schwarzenegger repealed the so-called grandfather clause on smog checks, which exempted cars older than 30 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2022

Man-Man and Jenny will see no immediate relief: SB 48 has no grandfather clause.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2020

Scalia retorted: “There most certainly is a grandfather clause — one we have called finality — which says that the Constitution does not require states to revise punishments that were lawful when they were imposed.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2016

But the writer does not believe in the principle nor in the necessity for a "grandfather clause."

From Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue by Various