stipulated
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When King Charles II gave Rhode Island a royal charter in 1663, he stipulated that the king’s “loving subjects” would not be stopped from “using and exercising the trade of fishing upon the coast.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
A new code of practice was introduced that stipulated that searches must be intelligence-led and based on "reasonable grounds".
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
"The persistence of structural primary budget deficits until 2029 may require tighter monetary policy than stipulated by the baseline scenario," the central bank said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Green Dot founder Steve Barr had stipulated that his group’s schools would be union represented — but that pledge satisfied only a small number of opponents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
No one, in fact, can lay claim with certainty to his own mind with anything like the specificity stipulated by fingerprints or tissue antigens.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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