clause
Example Sentences
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The lawmakers who wrote and ratified the equal protection clause also enacted laws that took race into account to protect people of color from discrimination.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026
The first clause of the document to end the fighting and open the strait insists on an end to the fighting in Lebanon as a precondition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
Second, and most critically, are the cases’ tests of the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause, which protects against discrimination.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026
More recently the late Shinzo Abe, Kishi's grandson, became an advocate of amending the so-called pacifist clause during his time in office.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
I bet she wishes she had written an escape clause into the prenup.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing clause
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The AP English Exam: Writing, Grammar, and Word Choice
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Case Closed: Clud, Clus
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