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conditional

[kuhn-dish-uh-nl] / kənˈdɪʃ ə nl /


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Trusts are usually written in very conditional, flexible language to account for all future possible scenarios and last through several generations of trustees and beneficiaries.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Government approval of the West Coast pipeline project is conditional on oil producers funding a multibillion-dollar carbon-capture project.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

In addition, it includes a conditional restriction that Meta also agreed to: expanding the nighttime shutdown period to 10:00 pm to 7:00 am, if other platforms also commit to do the same.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

People who agree to conditional cautions can be subject to certain terms, which can include a fine, reparations to the victim or rehabilitation.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

I was accepted to the Jewish Lyceum on a conditional basis.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

"They also can repair damage to their DNA caused by radiation and other extreme conditionals or chemicals."

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2024

In the courtroom his lawyer read out a carefully written, complicated text, full of caveats, conditionals and the passive voice.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2023

All conditionals express two relations, or conditions: those that are necessary and those that are sufficient.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

“What Slavic 101 couldn’t name didn’t exist,” Batuman writes; Nina’s reality remains untroubled by conditionals and subjunctives.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2017

Fortunately, there is a formula for writing graceful conditionals, and it becomes clear once you recognize two distinctions.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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