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Recent Examples of conditional In December, the 31-year-old country singer entered a conditional plea in Davidson County Circuit Court to two misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment. Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025 The political pundit and comedian Russell Brand has been released on conditional bail until his hearing in London on May 30, the court has confirmed with NPR. Andrew Limbong, NPR, 2 May 2025 Their love is conditional For narcissists, love is conditional, and needs to be earned. ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 15 May 2025 The weather service said there is also a slight risk for severe storms on Tuesday, but the severe weather is conditional on how Monday’s activity occurs. Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for conditional
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Adjective
  • His future with the franchise is likely dependent on whether guys higher up on the pecking order end up elsewhere rather than his own play.
    Danny Leroux, New York Times, 31 May 2025
  • This is because a planet's altitude in the sky is dependent in part on the inclination of the ecliptic relative to the horizon, which shifts throughout the year due to Earth's wobbling orbit.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 31 May 2025
Adjective
  • This weekend’s tentative agreement is the second time the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and NJ Transit management have shook hands on a wage bump.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
  • New Jersey Transit and the union representing its train engineers reached a tentative agreement on Sunday, ending the state's first statewide rail strike in over 40 years.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025

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“Conditional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conditional. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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