clause

Example Sentences

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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

But the Framers of the citizenship clause did not import those words into the “text” of their amendment, Kavanaugh said.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

Bauer argued that the clause should only apply to the children of foreign diplomats and a few other limited groups.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Sauer kept returning to his claim that the lone purpose of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause was to overturn Dred Scott and grant citizenship to newly freed slaves and their children.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

One part of the rule is correct: it’s odd to use that with a nonrestrictive relative clause, as in The pair of shoes, that cost a thousand dollars, was hideous.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker