precondition

Example Sentences

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But Iranian officials reiterated Tuesday that unfreezing the country’s overseas assets remains a precondition for continued negotiations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 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

Analysts had said casting a dissenting vote may have been a precondition for keeping his long-shot candidacy viable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

The first of these two preconditions was satisfied a couple of years ago, and then in 2024 the second precondition appeared to be close to doing so as well.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025

The idea of an omnipotent creator God may help in formulating a theory of laws of nature, but it seems wrong to claim that it is a necessary precondition.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton