clarification
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At the same time the constitutional authority found that certain provisions of the legislation required clarification, including the so-called conscience clause, which allows healthcare professionals to refuse to take part in the procedure.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Asked for clarification, the spokesman said, “I don’t know what the company wants to say, or can say, given the Wachtell investigation and all that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
A Monday meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Board of Peace Chairman Nickolay Mladenov resulted in a public clarification along those less-trusting lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“I would love more clarification as to what that exactly means.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Holly drew a breath to ask for clarification, then thought better of it.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
The governing body overseeing football in South America, Conmebol, said it had asked Fifa for "additional information and clarifications" regarding the "scope, structure, governance and possible effects" of the proposals.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
During the court case, the Met offered clarifications on how it would handle data from Freemason officers.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Hutchison can’t appeal a Supreme Court ruling, but it can request clarifications that could delay the termination of its operating license.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
The Guinean embassy in Moscow, which oversees Belarus, told AFP it was following the case with "great humanitarian concern" and said it had demanded "clarifications".
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
He’d brought a big drawing pad and asked me to describe the creature again, and as I did he sketched it, stopping occasionally to ask for clarifications.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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