be conditioned on/upon
idiom
formal
—used to say that something will happen only if something else also happens
Payment is conditioned on/upon completion of the project.
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After October 7, Biden decided to pursue a strategy of fully embracing Netanyahu—insisting (for a time) that any criticism would be issued in private and that U.S. military assistance would not be conditioned on the actions of the Israeli government.
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Ben Rhodes, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
This aid, just like aid going to any other country, should be conditioned on Ukraine upholding humanitarian and international law.
—Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
In any event, persuading the crown prince to enter a normalization deal would require Washington to offer a binding security guarantee, which presumably would be conditioned on an array of concessions by Riyadh that MBS seems unlikely to make.
—Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2024
And as of 2015, school enrollment is mandatory and can’t be conditioned on documentation, nationality, or migratory status.
—Caterina Morbiato, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2023
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Ben Rhodes, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
This aid, just like aid going to any other country, should be conditioned on Ukraine upholding humanitarian and international law.
—Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
In any event, persuading the crown prince to enter a normalization deal would require Washington to offer a binding security guarantee, which presumably would be conditioned on an array of concessions by Riyadh that MBS seems unlikely to make.
—Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2024
And as of 2015, school enrollment is mandatory and can’t be conditioned on documentation, nationality, or migratory status.
—Caterina Morbiato, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2023
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“Be conditioned on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20conditioned%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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