proviso
noun
a clause in a statute, contract, or the like, by which a condition is introduced.
provisos
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pluralof proviso.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I said, “Well, I don’t actually do that kind of thing. But I’ll do it with two provisos: One, you have to introduce me. And two, you have to sing a song with me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2024
Two novel provisos, however, combine to make the rule nearly toothless.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2023
We’ll begin with all the usual provisos: It’s early, it’s spring training, there’s a long way to go and it could mean nothing at all.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
Since then, they have created clauses for providing cover, including provisos that ships need to stay inside the corridor when transiting or risk invalidating their policies.
From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2022
A formal contract, wisely yet ludicrously minute in detail, bristling with discomforting provisos for contingencies, and copied out in the usual painstaking French handwriting, has been discussed and gravely signed.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix
