clause
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He joins with Villa needing midfield reinforcements after selling Youri Tielemans to Manchester United for £35m as United triggered the Belgium international's release clause.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
There isn’t one way to craft a “leaving the workforce” trigger clause.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Most investment contracts include an arbitration clause for resolving disputes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
BBC Sport has been told Tielemans' Villa contract contains a release clause, which makes negotiations easier, and that a deal is close.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
When an item is modified by a relative clause, and its role inside the clause is the object of the verb, the reader is faced with a long span between the filler and the gap.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Right now, she said, she is working on prenups with these clauses for three different couples.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The proposal also claims that enhanced transparency clauses will offset the higher risks to investors.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Even new artists are receiving agreements that include “AI rights clauses as a standard condition of signing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Non-compete clauses, preventing coaches taking on a job with a rival team for a set amount of time, are also common.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
During the Jim Crow era, African Americans were denied the right to vote through poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and felon disenfranchisement laws, even though the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing clause
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Case Closed: Clud, Clus
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