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clause

[klawz] / klɔz /


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Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has a £40m release clause in his contract, although his £325,000-a-week deal, which runs until 2028, could prove a stumbling block.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

The excessive fines clause is the neglected middle child of the Eighth Amendment, wedged between excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment, and almost never litigated.

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

Every state court in America was told the clause applies to them, and not one was told how to apply it.

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

Fortunately, the reported deal contains an escape clause.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

It can be followed by a clause that starts with who.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

The Gunners also have Como's Jacobo Ramon on a list of defenders they would like to bring in, but it is understood clauses in the Spaniard's contract make a deal difficult.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has warned that any deal to end the war "only has meaning when its clauses are valid and being implemented".

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

In the lawsuit, Wynn-Williams alleges that after she was fired, she signed a severance agreement, which included a non-disparagement agreement and mandatory arbitration clauses, under duress.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 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

The longest of these embedded clauses, the third and the last, are also with commas or with or.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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