clause
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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
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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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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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