provision
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Within hours of that ruling, the president fell back on Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974—a never-before-used balance-of-payments provision that expires after 150 days—to impose a new global surcharge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The amendment that was rejected in Tuesday's vote was a provision on preference voting, allowing voters to choose preferred candidates from a list.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Bank of America reported a second-quarter provision for credit losses of $1.4 billion, up slightly from $1.3 billion during the first quarter but down from $1.6 billion from the second quarter of 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
The budget includes a provision that restricts the maximum tax credit companies can claim in a given year to $5 million or 50% of a company’s tax state tax liability, whichever is greater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
My violation of this provision gave them no choice but to revoke the award.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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The Take Care of America’s Veterans Act includes some 60 bipartisan provisions that aim to help veterans better transition into civilian life and the workforce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Doubao allows users to view and export agent data until mid-October, and other platforms have similar provisions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Reeves said the district “will continue pursuing opportunities to obtain written permission from a local, federally recognized tribe that would allow Marysville High School to retain its historic mascot under the provisions of state law.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Raz Zimmt, Iran director at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, said Trump’s interim deal is weakened by a lack of trust between the parties and the deliberate ambiguity in all of its provisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
All told, more than a thousand Cherokee homes were laid waste during that winter and some fifty thousand bushels of corn and other provisions either burned or looted.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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Their seasoned troops, reinforced by Hessian mercenaries, faced an amateurish and poorly provisioned army of colonials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
He provisioned his ship and gave to the Coast Miwoks who greeted him pieces of blue-and- white Chinese porcelain that he had evidently “liberated” from the Spanish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025
UT itself hosts an annual Free Speech Week in which outside influence is encouraged on campus—and is specifically outlined as protected, provisioned for, and celebrated.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2024
He has argued that Ukraine needs to be properly provisioned to fend off Russia’s much bigger force.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
A helicopter had dropped off water and food, and they seemed to be well provisioned.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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The MS analysts tell clients in a note that it could take some time for the lender to restore credibility following its announcement of increased credit provisioning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Documents published by the US Navy this month show advanced planning for an even larger Australian stockpile, with $30 million allocated to build warehouses and offices in southeastern Victoria state for "critical forward provisioning".
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
"Organisations will need to prepare for changes to wage structures, HR systems, social security provisioning and compliance governance," according to staffing agency BDO India.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
“Hot food and other onboard provisioning will be managed from other facilities,” Delta said.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2024
The Adjutant commanded those of us who labored provisioning to pull back to Cambridge.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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Vocabulary lists containing provision
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
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