clause
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A year later, Manchester City paid his 70m euro release clause, and Guardiola turned him into arguably the finest holding midfielder of his generation.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Amending a contract retrospectively, say for example to include a relegation clause, generally cannot happen.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
They are urging the government to use a break clause that would prevent the contract being renewed beyond March 2027.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Walmart typically has a two-year noncompete clause for its former executives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
“If you will refrain from echoing either the last clause or the last word of everything I say to you, I will be much obliged. Home. Yes, home.”
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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Some players were subject to sell-on clauses, where the club City where buying the player from owed money to the previous team who owned the player.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
If I were a member of Congress, I could introduce a bill with two clauses: one a statement supporting America’s moms, and another forcing everyone to eat kale.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
General Assembly resolved to remove the enemy state clauses but has never been acted on, as changing the charter requires the approval of the five permanent members of the U.N.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The producers argued that “most favored nations” clauses in their contracts entitled them to the same terms Darabont received.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
During the Jim Crow era, African Americans were denied the right to vote through poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and felon disenfranchisement laws, even though the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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