clause
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Sumner called the guarantee clause “a sleeping giant in the Constitution, never until this war awakened,” that “now comes forward with a giant’s power.”
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
Luckily for Germany, it will escape public rebuke because of a clause allowing for exemptions related to defence spending, which the country has ramped up in the wake of Russia's Ukraine invasion.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Indeed, there are notable advantages in invoking the clause as a reaction to Callais.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
The city’s firefighters had a “me too” clause in their contract requiring that they receive the same types of increases as cops.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Sometimes it really is better to pied-pipe a preposition to the beginning of a clause than to strand it at the end.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing clause
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The AP English Exam: Writing, Grammar, and Word Choice
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Case Closed: Clud, Clus
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