clause

Example Sentences

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County counsel Dawyn R. Harrison told the supervisors the ordinance “would most likely be challenged on the supremacy clause,” which holds that federal law supersedes state and local law.

From Los Angeles Times

An arbitrator ends the “reserve clause” that had tethered players to one employer for life, triggering the largest salary gains of any group of employees, anywhere—and changing labor practices in all U.S. sports.

From The Wall Street Journal

When the home secretary was asked if the government was prepared to exercise break clauses in contracts with providers in a BBC interview earlier this year, Mahmood said she would explore all options.

From BBC

But even with the many welcome provisions, two contentious clauses in the reforms have particularly irked unions.

From BBC

There is a clause in the disciplinary code which effectively gives Fifa the right to cut or cancel any ban as it sees fit.

From BBC