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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When Vail Resorts purchased Keystone and Breckenridge from Ralston Resorts in 1997, the Justice Department allowed the sale on condition that Vail Resorts spin off Arapahoe Basin, which Ralston owned at the time.
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John Meyer, The Denver Post, 19 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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John Meyer, The Denver Post, 19 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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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 1 Dec. 2024.
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