How to Use caveat in a Sentence

caveat

noun
  • His investment advice comes with a caveat: that the stock market is impossible to predict with absolute accuracy.
  • But caveats aside, the boldness of the move still stands.
    The Editors, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
  • The caveat: Those games had to be shown on over-the-air TV.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
  • Cymbal got the thumbs up to move the tree, with one caveat.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2022
  • One caveat: The press box might be too far from the surface.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2019
  • There is a caveat to the timeline, though, Mullen said.
    Erin Hegarty, Naperville Sun, 21 Apr. 2018
  • So that's the one caveat that just still gives me the hee bee jeebies.
    Shannon Rae Green, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2021
  • The clients let Kenza run with the decor, with one caveat: no beige.
    Alyssa Bird, ELLE Decor, 18 May 2022
  • There is a caveat to this, which is the old physics debate.
    Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Of course, like all things that have to do with Uber, there’s a huge caveat here.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 29 Dec. 2018
  • The caveat, of course, is that Santa's many helpers need to be kept safe.
    Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2020
  • But there is a climate caveat with the WMO’s good news.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Exercise comes in for many of the same hedges and caveats.
    Markham Heid, TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
  • But there’s a caveat: A child born to each Bridge man will fall back in time.
    Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2024
  • But the caveat here is that split is more balanced than last year.
    Johana Bhuiyan, Recode, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The caveat is that all ballots for this race will be cast by mail.
    Caitlin Conant, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2020
  • The only caveat is that the money cannot pass through your hands.
    Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
  • With that caveat, here are the top three ways to make fun of yourself at work and win.
    Mark Johnson, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
  • One caveat, though: If your friend gets this, your friend will 'gram it.
    Candace Braun Davison, House Beautiful, 20 Aug. 2018
  • The caveat, of course, lies in the Nationals’ pitching.
    The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2023
  • Still, that's with the caveat that wear and tear is unpredictable.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 22 Jan. 2021
  • That caveat signals there won't be a rush back to the office this week.
    Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2020
  • Of course, the caveat being that Dave’s not here, and that that has been a bummer.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The one caveat, however, is the team has lost three of its last five games.
    Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 8 Dec. 2017
  • One important caveat: the index is still down 22% since the start of the year.
    Matthew Thomas, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
  • But Morhardt contends that there are too many caveats in the study to be able to take it that far.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
  • One caveat – the library limits its rentals to three hours at a time.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The report was quick to point out a few caveats about its own data.
    Shannon Rooney, Philly.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Our only caveat was that the list price was a little high, so consider that problem solved.
    K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Here's the only major caveat about staying at the tented camps: Technically, there is no on-site dining.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024

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