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as in health
a state of being or fitness
a car that was 10 years old but still in good condition
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as in provision
something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends
you'll get a bonus with the condition that we meet our sales forecast
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as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning
a skin condition that prevents me from staying out in the sun for very long
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as in requirement
something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable
water is a condition for life on Earth
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as in restriction
something that limits one's freedom of action or choice
their parents placed several conditions on their weekend plans
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as in to train
to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness
the length of time that it takes for runners to condition their bodies for a marathon
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as in to adapt
to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation
a company that must condition its traditional ways of doing business to the realities of the global economy
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Recent Examples of condition
Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Deputies who are in a pursuit are required to drive with lights and sirens on, and the initial deputy must communicate the start of a pursuit and its reason, the exact location and direction of travel and approximate speeds and traffic conditions, according to BSO’s policy.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Feb. 2026
Netanyahu conditioned Gaza’s reconstruction on Hamas disarmament and tunnel destruction, potentially using control of Rafah as leverage in ongoing negotiations.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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Noun
One suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to another area hospital, and remains in critical but stable condition.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Deputies who are in a pursuit are required to drive with lights and sirens on, and the initial deputy must communicate the start of a pursuit and its reason, the exact location and direction of travel and approximate speeds and traffic conditions, according to BSO’s policy.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
The administration’s hardline agenda has included opening FBI and Justice Department inquiries into hospitals and doctors, as well as conditioning the payment of huge sums of federal money to hospitals on prohibiting the care.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Feb. 2026
Netanyahu conditioned Gaza’s reconstruction on Hamas disarmament and tunnel destruction, potentially using control of Rafah as leverage in ongoing negotiations.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for condition
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That website's launch was memorably rocky -- only six people successfully signed up for health plans on the website's first day, according to internal Obama administration notes obtained by congressional Republicans -- a failure that became a political liability for the Obama administration.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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This suggests that spider silk research could offer new insights into human health, particularly in understanding how biological signaling works at a molecular level.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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The special state share is a provision designed to protect Israel’s interests in private companies deemed essential for national security.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Feb. 2026
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In December, the EU invoked an emergency legal provision to bypass the unanimity requirement in order to freeze Russian assets indefinitely.—
Joseph de Weck,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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After whooping cough vaccinations declined in Dallas County over the last year, the preventable disease spiked to the highest numbers of infections officials have seen in over a decade, Huang said.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Harm reduction can encompass a range of practices, including handing out free needles to slow the spread of disease, and many local leaders credit some of those efforts with recent drops in fatal overdoses.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Among the demands are a requirement for judicial warrants, better identification of DHS officers, new use of force standards and a stop to racial profiling.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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The amendment also cements that outside vendors contracted for requests for proposals should follow county procurement and ethics requirements.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Jailbreaking in this context refers to a process that removes software restrictions placed on a piece of hardware.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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Republicans often couched their fury at speech restrictions — around right-wing cultural politics and COVID-19, in particular — as part of a broader critique of corporate power.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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That’s because Gibson had been training for the event her entire life – without even knowing it.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Artificial intelligence—computer systems trained on vast datasets to predict the next likely pixel or word—is everywhere.—
Eric Sullivan,
Scientific American,
17 Feb. 2026
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Thus, the robot can adapt to new situations without losing key properties of the movement, such as keeping a bottle vertical so as not to spill the contents, as per the press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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This article was translated and adapted from Spanish by John Newton.—
José Cantillo Ferrer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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Each fancy vivid stone was perfectly matched in intensity and quality, but presented in different shapes—squares, emeralds, Asschers, or hearts, for example—that were chosen for their fire and saturation.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
18 Feb. 2026
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The marks of Timinsky’s drawing are quite visible on these shapes, suggesting the energetic scrubbing motion that must have made them.—
Benjamin Lima,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
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