conditional
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Trusts are usually written in very conditional, flexible language to account for all future possible scenarios and last through several generations of trustees and beneficiaries.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
In addition, it includes a conditional restriction that Meta also agreed to: expanding the nighttime shutdown period to 10:00 pm to 7:00 am, if other platforms also commit to do the same.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
But biological data are conditional, inconsistent and of varying quality, and practical data sets cover only a fraction of small-molecule chemical compounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
It said the man who was given a conditional caution had also volunteered for interview.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Yes, that is a promise. But it is conditional, and you know the condition.”
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
"They also can repair damage to their DNA caused by radiation and other extreme conditionals or chemicals."
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2024
In the courtroom his lawyer read out a carefully written, complicated text, full of caveats, conditionals and the passive voice.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2023
If–then statements in logic are called conditionals and are testable.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
CDC officials have occasionally cited that paper in technical writings, couched in conditionals.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2016
Fortunately, there is a formula for writing graceful conditionals, and it becomes clear once you recognize two distinctions.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing conditional
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Korematsu v. United States (1944)
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