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.

Examples of on (the) condition that in a Sentence

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Ruth, who spoke on the condition that her full name be withheld because of the sensitive nature of her work as a family advocate for struggling New Yorkers, lived most of her life in an apartment in the Bronx with her family. —Jonah Markowitz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025

But after a more than hour-long closed session on Thursday, the council agreed privately to open the job to all who might want to apply, two sources with knowledge of those deliberations said on the condition that their names not be used in discussing those private talks. —Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2025

Putin agreed to a partial ceasefire—as opposed to a broader ceasefire, which both the U.S. and Ukraine had hoped for—but only on the condition that Ukraine not rearm and that all U.S. military and intelligence aid to Ukraine be cut off. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025

The titular novella follows restless loggers who plan a wintertime dance, on the condition that some of them attend as women. —Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025