caveat
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“Sing for your supper and you’ll get breakfast, songbirds always eat,” the lyrics go, before offering a crucial caveat: “If their song is sweet to hear.”
From Salon • May 15, 2026
Once on the ballot, an initiative would need a simple majority vote to pass—but with a caveat because of the opposing campaigns.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
An airline or tour operator could only raise the price post-sale if they had a specific caveat written into the terms and conditions, says independent consumer commentator Jane Hawkes.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
One big caveat from the IMF team: Consumers still wear the scars from the last two crises, making them much more sensitive to any new price increases.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
It was much as Bunderson had described it to Reggie in August, but there was an important caveat to the plea in abeyance.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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