clause

Example Sentences

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Lower courts blocked the move, citing the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

It remains to be seen how that would be affected if the release clause is triggered and United have failed to meet his expectations.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Neither side thought that clause would ever be triggered; Lesch, a big, intimidating right-hander who threw bullets from behind Coke-bottle eyeglasses, wasn’t headed to a classroom, he was going to Dodger Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Wilson says the board was seeking to have him put millions of dollars into an escrow account to cover a “hypothetical, potential future breach of the nondisparagement” clause.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

And when the subject of the main clause is the dummy element it or there, the reader glides right over it, and it poses no danger of attracting a dangler.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker