Definitions

unless

[uhn-les, uhn-] / ʌnˈlɛs, ən- /

CONJUNCTION

except that

Synonyms

WEAK

but except except for excepting that if not lest saving without

CONJUNCTION

upon any less condition than

Synonyms

WEAK

except nisi saving

Example Sentences

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But it will be best to wait it out, unless something material happens.

From Barron's

“Unless you hear it from HHS directly, this is pure speculation,” Department of Health and Human Services spokesman Andrew Nixon said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Export rules bar Chinese companies from acquiring advanced U.S. chips, but don’t stop them from accessing those chips’ computing power remotely unless the companies are considered special security risks, says Collmann Griffin, a lawyer at Miller & Chevalier who previously served as a U.S. government sanctions policy adviser.

From Barron's

"We're not talking about therapies yet. But you can't develop them unless you first understand the wiring diagram. That's what this gives us -- a deeper view into the circuitry of gene control in astrocytes."

From Science Daily