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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The standoff ended when Colombia agreed to accept the migrants on the condition that they were not flown back on military aircraft—a move Petro argued was necessary to preserve the deportees' dignity.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Mexico's government agreed to accept some non-Mexican deportees, including Venezuelans, from American authorities on the condition that the U.S. would accept migrants under the CHNV initiative.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2025
Last January, the family gifted the sculpture to the university, on the condition that it be restored by the school and returned to the farm, said Alice Hugel, granddaughter of L.C. Curtis, who died in 1980.
—Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Tweedale agreed to meet with WIRED, but only on the condition that the whereabouts and details of his appearance remain undisclosed.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Mexico's government agreed to accept some non-Mexican deportees, including Venezuelans, from American authorities on the condition that the U.S. would accept migrants under the CHNV initiative.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2025
Last January, the family gifted the sculpture to the university, on the condition that it be restored by the school and returned to the farm, said Alice Hugel, granddaughter of L.C. Curtis, who died in 1980.
—Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Tweedale agreed to meet with WIRED, but only on the condition that the whereabouts and details of his appearance remain undisclosed.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
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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 16 Feb. 2025.
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