provisos

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Experts said such provisos still have the effect of muzzling a victim’s speech and hindering public accountability.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

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

The increased demand for slave soil was likewise satisfied by the cession to the United States by Georgia and North Carolina of the Southwest Territory, with provisos practically securing it to slavery.

From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry