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unless

[uhn-les, uhn-] / ʌnˈlɛs, ən- /


CONJUNCTION
upon any less condition than
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A specific clause states that officers cannot fire at a moving vehicle unless someone in the car is threatening the officer or unless the vehicle is "operated in a manner that threatens to cause death or serious physical injury" and "no other objectively reasonable means of defence appear to exist, which includes moving out of the path of the vehicle".

From BBC

In a complaint filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the monitor said PJM should stop admitting new data centers to the grid unless there are enough power plants and transmission lines to serve them.

From The Wall Street Journal

Unless data centers bring their own power supply, the firm said in a letter to the grid operator in November, “PJM will be in the position of allocating blackouts rather than ensuring reliability.”

From The Wall Street Journal

District Court Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, who found that lawmakers cannot be denied entry for visits “unless and until” the government could show that no appropriations money was being used to operate detention facilities.

From Los Angeles Times

Koepka will also not be able to play in the PGA’s signature events in 2026 unless he earns his way in.

From MarketWatch