How to Use grandfather clause in a Sentence

grandfather clause

noun

• Because of a grandfather clause, the strict emission standards only apply to new cars.
• O’Connell said, while calling for a grandfather clause.
  — Rick Kambic, chicagotribune.com, 14 May 2018
• And guns purchased before the ban were protected by a grandfather clause.
  — Lauren Hernández, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2021
• Some have pointed out that the rule change could include a grandfather clause, meaning that justices confirmed before the passage of the bill would not be subject to the term limit.
  — Aron Ravin, National Review, 14 June 2021
• The city has said that compliance with current codes wasn’t required because of a grandfather clause in the city’s building code that would apply to the former Park Savoy Hotel.
  — Tyler Blint-Welsh, WSJ, 12 June 2019
• The law includes a grandfather clause that exempts employees already in their positions from the ban.
  — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021
• Bottles printed without a label will still be sold under the bill through a grandfather clause until the inventory is sold off.
  — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 Nov. 2022
• But Ricketts said the Kentucky bill's language is vague enough to raise questions even about the grandfather clause that protects existing solar customers.
  — James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 24 Jan. 2018
• Several states instituted a grandfather clause as a loophole for white men who could not afford the poll tax or pass a literacy test.
  — Javonte Anderson, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2021
• Canada eventually passed a bill in 2019 ending the captivity of whales and dolphins, however, Marineland was able to keep Kiska due to a grandfather clause that granted the park an exemption, per the Post.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2023
• The new rules, which were approved quickly and unanimously by the City Council late last year, do not include a grandfather clause — a provision that would apply to Aguirre and other current operators.
  — Jim Buchta, Star Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
• The proposal includes a grandfather clause for any company that already holds eight or nine all-alcohol licenses.
  — Sahar Fatima, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2022
• The council did, however, extend an olive branch to gun owners in the form of a grandfather clause: residents already in possession of assault weapons will have until the end of the year to receive a certificate proving prior ownership.
  — Christina Capatides, CBS News, 16 May 2018
• The legislation has a grandfather clause that allows minors who are already on medication to continue to receive care.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2023
• But a grandfather clause in the legislation allowed sitting officeholders to still tap the contents of their political war chests at the time the legislation was signed for everything from mortgages to college tuition.
  — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 8 Jan. 2022
• With some exceptions at the state and local level, nearly all policy proposals to restrict certain types of guns include a grandfather clause that allows people to keep existing firearms and accessories.
  — Benjy Sarlin, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2018
• Similarly, Rouse said any new construction would trigger building code requirements in other parts of the restaurant, upgrades that Bill’s Pizza is current exempt from due to grandfather clauses.
  — Rick Kambic, chicagotribune.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• The situation has been debated in the public eye in the past month, with some property owners decrying the grandfather clause, and others saying the new rules, particularly the parking requirement, are too restrictive.
  — Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 27 June 2018
• Within the bill is a grandfather clause granting cities with current contracts to continue utilizing red light cameras until the contract is over, unless the contract includes a clause allowing for early cancellation.
  — Chevall Pryce, Houston Chronicle, 6 June 2019
• Starting in the 1890s, Southern states advanced measures to disfranchise blacks, including literacy tests, poll taxes and grandfather clauses.
  — Frank Scaturro, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2020
• The grandfather clause effectively excluded them from voting -- a practice that continued until the 1960s, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.
  — Scottie Andrew and Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 6 July 2020

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024