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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The bulk of these arms would be made available on the condition that they be used for defensive purposes, but certain longer-range systems could be used by Ukraine against military and economic targets in Russia.
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Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
After Nhazel Warren was charged this summer with carrying a gun in public, a judge released the 19-year-old on the condition that the Los Angeles County Probation Department track his movements with a GPS device.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Her son Pablo Weisz Carrington sold her home on Chihuahua Street in the city’s Roma neighborhood to UAM for $500,000 in 2017, on the condition that it be turned into a museum, loaning the school some 8,000 objects.
—News Desk, Artforum, 23 Oct. 2024
While the Southern Poverty Law Center publicly branded the takeover attempt as racist, news broke that a wealthy California investor, David Gelbaum, had pledged $100 million on the condition that the club never stand against immigration.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
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Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
After Nhazel Warren was charged this summer with carrying a gun in public, a judge released the 19-year-old on the condition that the Los Angeles County Probation Department track his movements with a GPS device.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Her son Pablo Weisz Carrington sold her home on Chihuahua Street in the city’s Roma neighborhood to UAM for $500,000 in 2017, on the condition that it be turned into a museum, loaning the school some 8,000 objects.
—News Desk, Artforum, 23 Oct. 2024
While the Southern Poverty Law Center publicly branded the takeover attempt as racist, news broke that a wealthy California investor, David Gelbaum, had pledged $100 million on the condition that the club never stand against immigration.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
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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 14 Nov. 2024.
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