as in dependent
determined by something else
the sale of the house is conditional upon the approval of a mortgage for the prospective buyer
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Recent Examples of conditional
Severe storms are expected Monday evening into overnight across the Kansas City region, and while that’s forecasters’ main concern, the National Weather Service is also watching a conditional chance for a few thunderstorms to pop up near the Kansas-Missouri line mid-afternoon.
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Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026
Voters can still register and vote in person through conditional voter registration at a vote center or county elections office.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 18 May 2026
These courses walk you through Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint from the basics up through more advanced tools like VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, and conditional formatting.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026
During his speech ahead of the film, Favreau gave special thanks to the California Film Commission’s whopping $21,755,000 in conditional tax credits for the production, one of the biggest allocations in the program’s history.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 15 May 2026
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Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026
Voters can still register and vote in person through conditional voter registration at a vote center or county elections office.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 18 May 2026
These courses walk you through Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint from the basics up through more advanced tools like VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, and conditional formatting.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026
During his speech ahead of the film, Favreau gave special thanks to the California Film Commission’s whopping $21,755,000 in conditional tax credits for the production, one of the biggest allocations in the program’s history.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conditional
Adjective
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Restaurants and neighborhoods can feel more local, especially outside the most tourism-dependent islands and resorts.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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At the same time, rich countries took steps to become less dependent on oil; while soaring prices encouraged new exploration, from Alaska to the North Sea, and the Soviet Union became a major producer.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
23 May 2026
Adjective
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With evacuation shelters reaching capacity as more than 40,000 people were asked to leave their homes, officials laboring to prevent an explosion at a crippled chemical tank in Garden Grove reported tentative progress Sunday in ending the crisis.—
Deborah Netburn,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
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The precise terms of the tentative agreement were not available at the time of this report.—
Brian Maass,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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“Conditional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conditional. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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