as in dependent
determined by something else
the sale of the house is conditional upon the approval of a mortgage for the prospective buyer
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Recent Examples of conditional
In the summer of 2023, KORE Power received a conditional commitment for an $850 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy to help build the company’s massive battery plant in Buckeye.
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Shawn Raymundo, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
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The version rejected by the Senate had earlier been reworded to meet budgetary rules, by making acceptance of funding from a $500 million infrastructure program conditional on accepting the moratorium.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 1 July 2025
Trump also has the power to offer conditional pardons that require recipients to pay all outstanding restitution.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 17 June 2025
The Blackhawks sent Seth Jones to the Florida Panthers for goaltender Spencer Knight and a conditional 2026 first-round draft pick in March, and also agreed to pay 26% of his average salary of $9.5 million for the remaining five years on Jones’ contract.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
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Shawn Raymundo, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
Read More: Why AI Regulation Has Become a ‘States’ Rights’ Issue
The version rejected by the Senate had earlier been reworded to meet budgetary rules, by making acceptance of funding from a $500 million infrastructure program conditional on accepting the moratorium.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 1 July 2025
Trump also has the power to offer conditional pardons that require recipients to pay all outstanding restitution.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 17 June 2025
The Blackhawks sent Seth Jones to the Florida Panthers for goaltender Spencer Knight and a conditional 2026 first-round draft pick in March, and also agreed to pay 26% of his average salary of $9.5 million for the remaining five years on Jones’ contract.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conditional
Adjective
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Critics question whether a battery swap network—capital intensive, dependent on fleet adoption, and distributed across so many different markets—can scale profitably.—
Clay Chandler,
Fortune,
19 July 2025
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Economic uncertainty, higher costs, could also weigh on Netflix, which is highly dependent on consumer spending.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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Republic Services reached a tentative agreement with Teamsters Local 439 and the employees of Forward Landfill in Manteca, the company said.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
19 July 2025
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To summarize, briefly, where things stand: Both sides have reached tentative agreements on about 30 articles, including key topics such as health care, remote work, hours and overtime, a just-cause disciplinary standard, a grievance and binding arbitration procedure and editorial integrity.—
The Daily News,
New York Daily News,
16 July 2025
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“Conditional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conditional. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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