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
Also, begin to deploy conditional access policies that evaluate user behavior, device health, location and risk factors before granting access.
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Nick Rowe, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Long story short: If the Wizards reacquire their 2026 conditional first-round pick from the Knicks, the Wizards would upset the original terms of their pick swap with the Suns.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Diu ultimately pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a conditional discharge, which means his punishment did not involve jail or probation.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 July 2025
Denim served as physical protection against the chemicals, food, and other material being thrown at them during protests, and defied the respectability politics that tried to convince them that their worth was conditional to their presentation.
—Cierra Black, Essence, 9 July 2025
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Nick Rowe, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Long story short: If the Wizards reacquire their 2026 conditional first-round pick from the Knicks, the Wizards would upset the original terms of their pick swap with the Suns.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Diu ultimately pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a conditional discharge, which means his punishment did not involve jail or probation.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 July 2025
Denim served as physical protection against the chemicals, food, and other material being thrown at them during protests, and defied the respectability politics that tried to convince them that their worth was conditional to their presentation.
—Cierra Black, Essence, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conditional
Adjective
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Their livelihood and the products that come from their seeds are strongly dependent on weather and climate.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Regardless, the move from the planning stage to the construction stage was dependent on those three public agreements, though none of them amounted to anything unusual for a major project, city officials said during that evening's meeting of the Oconomowoc Plan Commission.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The tentative agreement ends a contentious week that started Monday at a regular school board meeting.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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New York Reuters — Elon Musk’s social media company X Corp has reached a tentative agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by former Twitter employees who said they were owed $500 million in severance pay.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Conditional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conditional. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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