conditional

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With copper’s long-term uptrend intact and sentiment turning up from extreme pessimism, copper becomes a conditional confirmation test for the reopening theme.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

He was granted conditional bail by the court and will be sentenced for all 67 charges on 27 July.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

But at his press conference, Chair Jerome Powell said that was conditional on inflation falling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

“It’s a conditional willingness to raise interest rates, but not a signal of a rate hike in the near future,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 14, 2026

By my reckoning, it was the sixth conditional offer the government had made for my release in the past ten years.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela