clauses

Example Sentences

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They argue the arbitration clauses in sales contracts give the buyer no choice.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

"Some players will have relegation clauses, which usually are no more than 25%, so the total wage bill will decrease significantly."

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Kahyaoglu wrote that a potential United and American merger would result in the largest U.S. airline and face regulatory hurdles in the form of likely forced divestitures and flight crew scope clauses.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Winkleman added that cruise lines typically have a long list of clauses in their passenger contracts that address any number of scenarios, from changing itineraries with little notice to, yes, imposing a fuel surcharge.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 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