proviso
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One of the purported motivations for “Juiced” was getting Simpson to confess to the murders on camera, though the proviso going in was that no one could bring them up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
There’s an interesting proviso in the Allbirds–to–NewBird AI switchover that’s gotten much less public attention.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
Even with the proviso that the November inflation figure was likely pushed lower by data issues stemming from the government shutdown, the average worker’s hourly pay can buy a bit more than a year ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
The California Coastal Commission approved a permit for the event on May 9 with a major proviso.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
He'd had this crusty old grandfather he'd never met, from Germany, who'd left his unborn grandchild a trust fund with the proviso that he be named after the old man.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
We have in these few brief provisoes the sum total of everything that, in effect, constitutes the liberty of the subject.
From The Empire of the East by H. B. (Helen Barrett) Montgomery
Why was the crown entailed by so many provisoes, reserves, and limitations?
From A Seasonable Warning and Caution against the Insinuations of Papists and Jacobites in favour of the Pretender Being a Letter from an Englishman at the Court of Hanover by Daniel Defoe
The provisoes of the act virtually left the whole power of punishment still in the hands of the governor and council.
From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Charles Campbell
The bill, however, was clogged with provisoes against the encroachments of prerogative.
From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Charles Campbell
“From Densham’s very elaborate provisoes I think we may gather that he has a plan.”
From Mysterious Mr. Sabin by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
I said, “Well, I don’t actually do that kind of thing. But I’ll do it with two provisos: One, you have to introduce me. And two, you have to sing a song with me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2024
Two novel provisos, however, combine to make the rule nearly toothless.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2023
Since then, they have created clauses for providing cover, including provisos that ships need to stay inside the corridor when transiting or risk invalidating their policies.
From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2022
While this is undoubtedly cause for concern, there are some provisos.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2022
If all these allowances and provisos are too many for him to make, it is probably useless for him to attempt the Noctes at all.
From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury
Vocabulary lists containing proviso
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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Texas v. Johnson (1989)
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How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
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