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Recent Examples of stipulate
The autopsy did not stipulate who is believed to have killed Hood, but seemed to corroborate authorities’ belief that he was killed in self-defense by one of two people in the home at the time.
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
The city’s rules stipulate that the listing of companies may be canceled if trading in their securities has remained suspended for 18 months consecutively.
—CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
That's a problem considering Wisconsin building codes don't include any kind of flood plain regulations that would stipulate how to elevate a building, or where not to build based on floodplains, said Sarah Rafajko, the state's National Flood Insurance Program coordinator.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Let’s stipulate that the country would be better off if redrawing congressional maps were firmly restricted to the decennial census, as the Wall Street Journal recently editorialized.
—Kevin Igoe, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
The city’s rules stipulate that the listing of companies may be canceled if trading in their securities has remained suspended for 18 months consecutively.
—CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
That's a problem considering Wisconsin building codes don't include any kind of flood plain regulations that would stipulate how to elevate a building, or where not to build based on floodplains, said Sarah Rafajko, the state's National Flood Insurance Program coordinator.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Let’s stipulate that the country would be better off if redrawing congressional maps were firmly restricted to the decennial census, as the Wall Street Journal recently editorialized.
—Kevin Igoe, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stipulate
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Spotify’s blog post didn’t specify whether the development would be opt-in or opt-out to determine training permissions.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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The law did not specify whether the hanging should be public or private.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Though the industry is bracing for an EV sales slump, GM's leaders insist that investing deeply and early in a broad range of electric offerings was not a mistake.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Republican speaker insists his party has been willing to discuss the health care issue with Democrats this fall, before the subsidies expire at the end of the year.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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If the peace holds, the region could enter a new era defined less by conflict than by the possibility of transformation, including the rebuilding of a post-Hamas Gaza and the normalization of Israeli relations with Saudi Arabia.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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That same headbanging energy has defined her steady, albeit unconventional, political rise.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Where Frazer’s method was freewheeling, Indo-Europeanists are exacting.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Who among us hasn’t fantasized in the shower about exacting elaborate revenge for petty upsets, or lain awake trying to reframe our humiliations as epic tales of triumph?—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
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Also, sources familiar with Madrid’s internal discussions say that the current hierarchy wants to ensure that decisions such as hiring or firing the coach and player transfers would always be made by the board, which is ultimately answerable to the socios.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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To ensure compliance, their technology digs deeper than basic IP address recognition to monitor the exact place someone tries to place a wager, sifting through real-time data from sources such as GPS coordinates, cell phone towers, WiFi access points and Bluetooth beacons.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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On September 24, Judge Smith permanently enjoined DHS from enforcing broad new immigration compliance conditions on a wide range of preparedness grants, ruling the agency had exceeded its statutory authority and failed to justify departing from longstanding grant practices.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The department is denying student loan forgiveness to borrowers in the IBR plan who have reached the 20- or 25-year threshold for discharge, even while the department concedes that loan forgiveness is authorized under IBR and has not been blocked or enjoined by any court.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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But with her coalition prospects in doubt, and the party weakened by scandal and voter frustration, her route to Japan’s top job is far from assured.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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While this lucky gambler hit the jackpot, Hard Rock Seminole assured visitors that there are still opportunities to test their own luck.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Murray, in turn, was asked to be a two-way player in ways that were not necessarily originally expected for the young prospect with a deft shooting touch.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Get people to ask hard questions about everything and not to trust anything on its face.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Stipulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stipulate. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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