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grace period

NOUN
extra time before paying
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Yet the State Department agreed to give the organization a six-month grace period before last week’s sanctions kick in, perhaps hoping to negotiate an exemption for nonmember nationals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The grace period could be adjusted depending on the "success or failure" of those efforts, the department added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Once all 125 cameras go live, motorists will get a 60-day grace period when only warnings will be issued to drivers, Sweeney said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Senior Principal Veterinary Officer Elsie McGarvey said the department was "technically" potentially in breach of the court order by extending the grace period.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

But I needed time, and quiet, and a few weeks’ grace period in the States if I was to do anything of the sort.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt


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