clause

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If so, does their agreement have a “don’t ask, don’t tell” clause, or is your co-worker being asked to give details on the who, when, or how?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Under a non-compete clause, she was prohibited from creating new fragrance or skincare lines until 2011.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

And if your husband’s pension has no survivor clause, consider a life-insurance policy to help fill that gap.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

And if so, doesn’t that just blow up Sauer’s theory that the whole point of this clause was to protect the citizenship of these exact people?

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

Sobukwe’s sentence had ended in 1963, but under what became known as the Sobukwe clause of the General Law Amendment Act of 1963, the minister of justice could hold political prisoners indefinitely without charge.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela