on (the) condition that
idiom
: only if
She spoke on the condition that she not be identified.
He taught me the trick on condition that I never tell anyone else how to do it.
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Fernandes Anderson doled out a $13,000 bonus to one of her Council staffers, a relative but not an immediate family member, on the condition that $7,000 be kicked back to her.
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
The offer was agreed upon, in principle, on Wednesday on the condition that the Packers could get an extension done with Parsons.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
But they’ve been further complicated under President Donald Trump, who stopped chip sales to China in April, then reversed the order earlier this month on the condition that the US government gets 15% of the proceeds.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2025
There was a rumor that Belichick, who can buy out his own contract for a million dollars, had taken the Carolina job on the condition that his son Steve, the Tar Heels’ defensive coördinator, succeed him.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
The offer was agreed upon, in principle, on Wednesday on the condition that the Packers could get an extension done with Parsons.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
But they’ve been further complicated under President Donald Trump, who stopped chip sales to China in April, then reversed the order earlier this month on the condition that the US government gets 15% of the proceeds.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2025
There was a rumor that Belichick, who can buy out his own contract for a million dollars, had taken the Carolina job on the condition that his son Steve, the Tar Heels’ defensive coördinator, succeed him.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
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“On (the) condition that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20%28the%29%20condition%20that. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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