clauses
Example Sentences
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Newman isn’t a fan of infidelity clauses that require a spouse to pay up if they have an affair, since cheating can be tough to prove in court.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Those players had clauses that reduced their wages upon relegation, but Leicester have still had several of the highest-paid players in the Championship this season.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 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
The longest of these embedded clauses, the third and the last, are also with commas or with or.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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