clause
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Borden, it has long stressed that congressional action under this clause “could not be questioned in a judicial tribunal.”
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
Perhaps the most important of these is the Constitution’s guarantee clause, which provides that “the United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a Republican Form of Government.”
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
The city’s firefighters had a “me too” clause in their contract requiring that they receive the same types of increases as cops.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Both sides are not comfortable talking about a supposed break clause in Shankland's Hearts contract that would allow him to leave for nothing, a scenario that would, no doubt, infuriate Hearts fans even further.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
In Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, for example, opponents of the Constitution objected to the implicit acceptance of slavery’s persistence, represented by the three-fifths clause and the twenty-year extension of the slave trade.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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