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

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 Saintsbury, George