as in provision
something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends
their proposal for a baseball franchise includes several stipulations that are unacceptable
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Recent Examples of stipulation
The parties quickly entered into a stipulation agreement, and then … crickets.
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Marc Joffe, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
While many may worry that lending financial support to their children may be crippling them or enabling them, nearly 77% of the parents surveyed do so with some kind of stipulation or contingency.
—Essence, 19 Sep. 2025
While there are no stipulations involved, bragging rights will undoubtedly be on the line, as the winners will have one-up on their opponents after several weeks of trash-talking and physical attacks.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Existing rules say reporters can be subject to searches leaving the building -- a longtime stipulation for anyone accessing the Pentagon to prevent the misuse of classified information.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2025
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Marc Joffe, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
While many may worry that lending financial support to their children may be crippling them or enabling them, nearly 77% of the parents surveyed do so with some kind of stipulation or contingency.
—Essence, 19 Sep. 2025
While there are no stipulations involved, bragging rights will undoubtedly be on the line, as the winners will have one-up on their opponents after several weeks of trash-talking and physical attacks.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Existing rules say reporters can be subject to searches leaving the building -- a longtime stipulation for anyone accessing the Pentagon to prevent the misuse of classified information.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stipulation
Noun
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The precise details of these key provisions were not immediately clear.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
9 Oct. 2025
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Watson said the other set of delays that can be expected applies to guidance and implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act tax provisions.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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The bill also ditches the burdensome cover-up requirement for claims against individuals.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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The state can fairly easily police the requirement that Max be installed on new phones by threatening phone companies that don’t comply or even jailing their executives.—
Justin Sherman,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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The study analyzed blood samples from 47 patients with severe ME/CFS and 61 healthy controls, revealing a unique pattern consistently present in patients with the condition.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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Depending on the exact track and strength of the low, Coastal Flood Warning conditions may be met at some time this weekend, and users are urged to check back in on the forecast the rest of the week.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Oct. 2025
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The previous head-coaching exception window was 30 days which began the day after the coaching change.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Oct. 2025
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Fortunately, this one from Kate Spade is the exception.—
Melanie Fincher,
Southern Living,
7 Oct. 2025
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The deal struck between Baltimore County Public Schools and the Teachers Association of Baltimore County included a proviso giving teachers the day before Thanksgiving as a half remote professional development day and half mental health day, effectively giving them a half-day off.—
Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Aug. 2025
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If implemented, escalating the home rule sales tax from .75% to 1% will generate about $6.57 million in new money but comes with the proviso that the increase be removed in two years.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
16 July 2025
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In a shutdown, the BIA would shift from normal operations to a contingency structure focused on essential functions.—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Together, these partnerships diversify supply risk, deepen software resilience, and create potential co-repair and training hubs that can be activated in contingencies.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Stipulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stipulation. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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