clauses

Example Sentences

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Glass Lewis said in its benchmark advisory policy that such “forum selection clauses are not in shareholders’ best interests.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

"But whether West Ham can extract full market value for them, given age and potential clauses in contracts, remains to be seen," football finance expert Kieran Maguire said.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Kahyaoglu wrote that a potential United and American merger would result in the largest U.S. airline and face regulatory hurdles in the form of likely forced divestitures and flight crew scope clauses.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Winkleman added that cruise lines typically have a long list of clauses in their passenger contracts that address any number of scenarios, from changing itineraries with little notice to, yes, imposing a fuel surcharge.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

One is a flat branching structure, in which a series of mostly uncomplicated clauses are concatenated side by side with and or with commas.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker