contingent
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The remaining $35 billion was contingent on “certain conditions.”
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Furthermore, Carney said the pipeline is contingent on appropriate consultation with affected indigenous communities, and that the Pacific-coast province of British Columbia securing economic benefits from the project.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The Build Back Pali grant — which was contingent on Blanck signing a lease in the Palisades — covered his deposit and several months of rent, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
These sources were reported as saying that many of the terms laid out in the memo would be contingent on a final agreement being reached.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
Then a contingent of canoeists who had finished their races, and been badly beaten, and were bent on holding a consolation party downstairs.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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