escape clause
noun
: a part of a contract that allows a person to get out of the contract in a particular situation
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The amendment is only an amendment that allows the IOC to have an escape clause if the United States somehow undermines it with the world anti-doping code.
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Bruce Haring, Deadline, 25 July 2024
However, the agreement intended to bind the A’s to Las Vegas provides the team with an unusual escape clause: If ever a tax is aimed at the A’s, the team can leave town without penalty.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
But there’s an escape clause written into the deal: Trump can seek a waiver of the lockup from the post-merger board.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
There was only one problem: The deal spanned 12 years and had no escape clause late in the term, according to a source.
—Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
These private sales of SOL are a potential legal escape clause, as Bloomberg’s Matt Levine described them last week.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 13 June 2023
However, a 1996 law provides an escape clause that allows the Treasury Department to continue paying Social Security benefits, even if there is a delay in raising the debt ceiling.
—Alexis Christoforous, ABC News, 3 May 2023
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Bruce Haring, Deadline, 25 July 2024
However, the agreement intended to bind the A’s to Las Vegas provides the team with an unusual escape clause: If ever a tax is aimed at the A’s, the team can leave town without penalty.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
But there’s an escape clause written into the deal: Trump can seek a waiver of the lockup from the post-merger board.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
There was only one problem: The deal spanned 12 years and had no escape clause late in the term, according to a source.
—Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
These private sales of SOL are a potential legal escape clause, as Bloomberg’s Matt Levine described them last week.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 13 June 2023
However, a 1996 law provides an escape clause that allows the Treasury Department to continue paying Social Security benefits, even if there is a delay in raising the debt ceiling.
—Alexis Christoforous, ABC News, 3 May 2023
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“Escape clause.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escape%20clause. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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