provision
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The new law contains a provision which would allow Police Scotland to continue misconduct proceedings against officers who resign or retire but that part of the legislation has not yet been enacted.
From BBC β Sep. 17, 2026
If enacted, the Transportation Department would be required to issue a rule requiring AM radio within one year, and the authority to enforce the provision would expire after eight years.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 16, 2026
Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer, told reporters Tuesday that the company supported a provision in a bipartisan bill that would embed outside evaluators at leading AI developers to ensure they are safe.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 15, 2026
A payable-on-death or beneficiary designation is a contract and, as such, trumps a conflicting provision in the will.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 14, 2026
Then I couldn’t help asking, “And why didn’t your folks make some provision for her?”
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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Two provisions of federal law relating to vote buying were adopted by Congress and became law in 1948.
From Salon β Sep. 15, 2026
It contains provisions, external that could see a two-year jail sentence imposed on people who conduct conversion practices.
From BBC β Sep. 15, 2026
A decade ago, when states like Ohio passed the tax provisions, data centers were a fraction of their current size and used for powering websites and streaming services.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 9, 2026
The Blizzard contracts include wage increases and a hybrid work week of three days in the office, among other provisions, the union said.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 9, 2026
They gave us a sack with provisions: a dozen hard-boiled eggs, a hunk of goat cheese still in its thin cloth casing, a stack of flour tortillas, and water.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe GarcΓa McCall
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U.S. factories also kept allied Soviet forces provisioned.
From The Wall Street Journal β 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 β 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 β Apr. 27, 2024
He has argued that Ukraine needs to be properly provisioned to fend off Russia’s much bigger force.
From Washington Times β Aug. 21, 2023
Okay, maybe we are not that well provisioned after all.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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"Time series analysis highlights significant seasonal mortality patterns, underscoring the need for targeted interventions during high-risk periods like peak summer months; such as strategic water provisioning, supplemental feeding, and enhanced disease monitoring," it said.
From BBC β Jul. 22, 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 β Jun. 16, 2026
They tell clients in a note that Westpac’s provisioning will be just 8 basis points short of its pandemic-era peak.
From The Wall Street Journal β Apr. 15, 2026
The slightly higher provisioning in its French retail business is a bit negative, though the solid top line in this division reads positively for its French peers, they note.
From The Wall Street Journal β Feb. 4, 2026
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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