provisos

Example Sentences

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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

We’ll begin with all the usual provisos: It’s early, it’s spring training, there’s a long way to go and it could mean nothing at all.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 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

Secondly, they are used in Social Science with reference to masses with absolute certainty, even without the addition of such provisos.

From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by Stebbing, W. (William)