stipulate

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Recent Examples of stipulate Its rules stipulate that consent from performers must be given for the use of digital replicas. Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026 For example, if a married couple is filing separately, the rules stipulate that the $10,000 cap would apply separately to each person's return. Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026 Today, many states stipulate that gestational surrogates have no parental rights—any equivocation on this matter would cause the country’s reproductive-tourism industry to collapse. Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 The deadlock essentially kills the proposal because San Diego City Council policies stipulate that three votes from the five-member panel – the Rules Committee – are needed for a proposal to move forward. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stipulate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stipulate
Verb
  • On Monday, Ramagem appeared as in custody in ICE's online detainee database, although where he is being held was not specified.
    CBS News, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • No back orders, unless specified by the individual vendor.
    Tory Johnson, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Yet to a man, those who endured last season and remained insist this has been better, even as the standings tell an all-too-familiar story.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Israeli forces have continued strikes on Hezbollah as Iran insists a broader ceasefire includes an end to Israeli strikes in Lebanon.
    Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • His death marked the loss of a titan in the Civil Rights Movement, defined by a six-decade career that took him across the country and around the world.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
  • These players have partly defined this season, and they won’t be honored?
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • And the Knicks better be ready, ready for the Celtics to attempt to exact some revenge for the way things ended a season ago.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Yet the psychological impact — on local populations, on the economy of metropolitan Dubai, on the commercial shipping sector and the oil market — has proven Iran is capable of exacting greater pain than its conventional military capabilities would suggest.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Communities with more complex governance arrangements may need legal review to ensure their governing documents are in compliance.
    Evonne Andris, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Oman is closely aligned with its Gulf neighbors, whom analysts view as determined to ensure the strait’s return to prewar status.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • And that relief would be to sue to enjoin the parties from closing the transaction.
    Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Yale psychologist and researcher Stanley Milgram demonstrated that good people will do bad things if enjoined to do so by an authority.
    Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Many had been assured that they would be evacuated.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • That starts with the city’s legislative process, which will entail a follow-up committee hearing Tuesday before a vote of city council members that is not assured of passing.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Aries March 21 – April 19 Your work — professional or personal — may ask a little more of you today.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Namira’s mother often asks her children to copy-edit her e-mails.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026

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“Stipulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stipulate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.

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