precondition

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Iran previously wanted the U.S. to drop its blockade as a precondition for talks, and agree to terms for ending the war before discussions on the future management of the strait and its nuclear program.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The harder reality is this: The sanctions architecture the U.S. spent decades building assumed financial isolation as a precondition for leverage.

From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026

“A lower cost of capital as rates comes down can help provide some extra juice, but that is not a precondition for markets to go higher,” Helfstein said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 25, 2026

One really important form of social attention is so elemental to human life that it is the necessary precondition to survive.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025

One precondition for this, of course, was that, like Tartaglia, like Benedetti, like Norman, and like Barozzi’s translator on his behalf, they made no secret of their discoveries.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton