stipulate

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for stipulate
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Verb
  • Evidence found at the scene showed Lopez had fired multiple gunshots, but officials didn’t specify his motive, deputies said.
    Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • This system requires companies to specify which main drug patent to extend after marketing authorization and before patent expiration.
    Lucy Xiaolu Wang, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Yet Huang insists the skeptics are missing the deeper forces reshaping the economy.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement As a result, civil rights leaders insisted that the pursuit of equality depended on freedom for unpopular speech.
    Time, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Great Recession stands as the generation’s defining economic event.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Saudis studying abroad lose the subtleties of the language and miss out on the culture, memes, and everything else that defines this generation.
    Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The more arduous route began exacting its toll.
    Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Add to that the toll AIDs, the crack epidemic, and violent crime had exacted on American cities and the context of the crackdown becomes more clear.
    Andrew Pasquier, Them., 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For Zirk, informing the public is vital in ensuring the region does not become overlooked.
    Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Building public repositories of data, algorithms, and expertise can help ensure that the foundations of AI are not controlled by a handful of corporations.
    Vilas Dhar, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Oregon is calling for the court to declare Hegseth's order unlawful and to enjoin the federalization of troops, as well as permanently enjoin the defense secretary and the Pentagon from calling upon Oregon National Guard members for federal service.
    Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • The exterior is embossed with the brand name that gives it a luxe, high-end feel, but rest assured, its $30 price tag is very much within your travel budget without skimping on quality construction.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Wildmon died on the eve of 2024, his legacy assured.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But when officers stand in the road, Dutch Bros customers stop and ask them questions.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • She was asked to write about her devotion to Jesus, and her works were published after her death.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Stipulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stipulate. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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