on (the) condition that
idiom
: only if
She spoke on the condition that she not be identified.
He taught me the trick on condition that I never tell anyone else how to do it.
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Peraza-Argueta spoke to IndyStar on condition that her family members not be named.
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
But that funding has had a major impact, primarily because private pharmaceutical companies have donated billions of dollars' worth of drugs on the condition that USAID covers the cost of distributing them.
—Patrick Adams, NPR, 5 June 2025
The second-term councilor doled out a $13,000 bonus to one of her Council staffers, a relative but not immediate family member, on the condition that $7,000 be kicked back to her.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 24 June 2025
Baldoni alleged he was only allowed to attend the premiere on the condition that he and his family be ushered off the red carpet before Lively arrived and watch the movie in a separate theater.
—David MacK, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2025
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
But that funding has had a major impact, primarily because private pharmaceutical companies have donated billions of dollars' worth of drugs on the condition that USAID covers the cost of distributing them.
—Patrick Adams, NPR, 5 June 2025
The second-term councilor doled out a $13,000 bonus to one of her Council staffers, a relative but not immediate family member, on the condition that $7,000 be kicked back to her.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 24 June 2025
Baldoni alleged he was only allowed to attend the premiere on the condition that he and his family be ushered off the red carpet before Lively arrived and watch the movie in a separate theater.
—David MacK, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for on (the) condition that
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“On (the) condition that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20%28the%29%20condition%20that. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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