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contingent upon



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The settlement is contingent upon court approval, after which claims are expected to open within days, Melrose said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Ritwik Gupta, a computer science and AI professor at the University of Maryland, believes that pacing the frontier is contingent upon on widespread cooperation among labs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

"It would be inappropriate to attempt to set a date... the defence position is that a commencement is contingent upon a determination... of Duterte's fitness to stand trial," the defence said.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Prior to Friday's signing, Rwandan government spokeswoman Yolande Makolo told Reuters news agency that the "lifting of defensive measures in our border area" would be contingent upon the FDLR's "neutralisation".

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

“During my admission, you said that my admittance to the Arcanum was granted, contingent upon proof that I had mastered the basic principles of sympathy.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss


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