clause
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At the same time the constitutional authority found that certain provisions of the legislation required clarification, including the so-called conscience clause, which allows healthcare professionals to refuse to take part in the procedure.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Getting the deal over the line has not been easy for Chelsea, who were initially told by Rayo Vallecano that they would not sell Chavarria unless his release clause, now worth £42.4m, was met.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
A critical clause in the CEO’s Tesla stock award would wipe away lofty performance targets if a merger happened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Wong Kim Ark, confirmed that the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause applied to people of all races.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
When an item is modified by a relative clause, and its role inside the clause is the object of the verb, the reader is faced with a long span between the filler and the gap.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Additionally, many of these contracts contain conditional requirements or cancellation clauses in case build-outs stall.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
But Marquez said an evacuation order would open up other resources for more residents, including home insurance clauses for homeowners that provides assistance.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
Right now, she said, she is working on prenups with these clauses for three different couples.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Recognizing that the architects’ delays had put everything behind schedule, he inserted into the construction contracts clauses that made him a “czar,” as the Chicago Tribune put it.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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