clause

Example Sentences

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In one fell swoop, Congress used its guarantee clause authority to establish multiracial democracy where human bondage had previously held sway, enfranchising huge numbers of formerly enslaved Black Americans and remaking Southern society.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Luckily for Germany, it will escape public rebuke because of a clause allowing for exemptions related to defence spending, which the country has ramped up in the wake of Russia's Ukraine invasion.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Sumner called the guarantee clause “a sleeping giant in the Constitution, never until this war awakened,” that “now comes forward with a giant’s power.”

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

The White House declined to comment on whether the administration would also make changes to the tax immunity clause.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Sometimes it really is better to pied-pipe a preposition to the beginning of a clause than to strand it at the end.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker