clause
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“The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J.R.R. Tolkien” is not a biography of Tolkien, something implied by that “In Search of” clause.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The foreign emoluments clause prohibits all federal officials from accepting gifts of valuables, office, or title from any foreign country without express congressional consent.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
The document also contains a confidentiality clause barring Betancourt’s company from disclosing the “existence and terms” of the U.S. government agreement.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Find out about the statute of limitations for contesting a will and whether this one had a no-contest clause.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Perhaps one of you, dear readers, with a legal turn of mind can dredge the appropriate clause from memory.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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The Framers’ fear of corruption is also evident in the Constitution’s emoluments clauses.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
A few states with new balcony solar bills have included clauses that protect renters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Here is a modest proposal: Lincoln Riley and Jim Harbaugh waive their buyout clauses and swap jobs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
The Premier League added new clauses to its regulations to set time frames around disciplinary processes and appeals in the summer.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
With these conditionals, anything goes: you can use pretty much any tense in the if and then clauses, depending only on when the relevant events take place or are discovered.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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