clause
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His contract expires in the summer, and the Argentine's patchy injury record had already raised questions over whether it was worth triggering the clause that would commit United to another season.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
“The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J.R.R. Tolkien” is not a biography of Tolkien, something implied by that “In Search of” clause.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The foreign emoluments clause prohibits all federal officials from accepting gifts of valuables, office, or title from any foreign country without express congressional consent.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
And whether the get-out clause is buried on page 118 in the hope that no one will actually read that far.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
In March, with just half a year remaining until the dedication, he invoked the “czar” clause of his construction contracts.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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The Framers’ fear of corruption is also evident in the Constitution’s emoluments clauses.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
A few states with new balcony solar bills have included clauses that protect renters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Here is a modest proposal: Lincoln Riley and Jim Harbaugh waive their buyout clauses and swap jobs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Health Minister Roma Chilengi said earlier this week that clauses requiring Zambia to send biological specimens to the US had been removed, and that the agreement would not allow the sharing of individual patient records.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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