How to Use stipulate in a Sentence

stipulate

verb
  • The cease-fire was stipulated by the treaty.
  • The rules stipulate that players must wear uniforms.
  • There was not a shred of evidence in the record of the case to the contrary, given that the state stipulated to this.
    The Editors, National Review, 30 June 2023
  • Sounding Off My ears tell me Cris Collinsworth’s contract stipulates he’s paid by the word.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2023
  • No specific rules for how to spend the funds were stipulated.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
  • The Green Deal stipulates, for example, that hedges, home to nesting birds, cannot be cut between March 15 and the end of August.
    Roger Cohen Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Much of that is due to a law that was passed in France in 1994 which stipulated a minimum number of songs played on the radio that had to be sung in French.
    Mischa Pearlman, Spin, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Many agents plan to stipulate that if a home seller does not agree to pay their commission, their buyer is on the hook for that money.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Paul’s wishes stipulated that both teams should be sold at some point.
    Ira Boudway, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
  • State rules stipulate there have to be at least 8.4 million mature females for the red king crab season to go forward.
    Zahra Hirji, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The law stipulates that these devices not be acquired for the basis of using them in policing functions.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Sunak and Nova were in an area where the park rules strictly stipulate that dogs must be kept on a leash to protect the nearby swans and ducks, and Nova was roaming free.
    Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Though the resolutions stipulate that the consultants are being hired by and will work for the village, money to pay for the students will come from the Bears.
    Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The deal further stipulates that the case will be expunged from Butler’s record if he is not convicted of another crime for the next 10 years.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The law stipulates companies pay the higher of the two calculations.
    Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The move was not a surprise — state law stipulates that the primary must be held at least one week before other states’ primaries.
    Mark Murray, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The new protocols also stipulate that up to six soldiers may fire three volleys in salute.
    Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 9 June 2022
  • So what exactly does this bill stipulate, and why did Apple throw its weight behind it?
    IEEE Spectrum, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Allen, who died in 2018, stipulated that the assets in his trust be sold, with money earned from the sales going to philanthropic efforts.
    oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Some state laws stipulate narrow but vague exceptions, and carry years of prison time.
    Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 26 July 2023
  • The grant provisions stipulate that the new hires must not be in lieu of positions that would have been filled using state or local funding.
    Seamus McAvoy, courant.com, 19 Nov. 2021
  • In some ways, the dispute remains over who sang the three songs, though the parties to the lawsuit had agreed to stipulate in court, for the purposes of their arguments, that the songs were not sung by Jackson.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The rules stipulate the player only has to perform duties until the Giants’ starting pitcher comes out of the game.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024
  • However, the plan may stipulate that in the event that there is a shortfall in the earnings rate used in calculating spendable funds, the set-aside can be used as an offset.
    Jack Guttentag, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • However, state law stipulates that at least 125 days separate the date the petition was filed and the actual vote on the measure.
    Leah Askarinam, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Some are basic agreements to mitigate risks to children in the home, but others stipulate that a parent move the child to live with a new caregiver.
    Elinor Carucci, ProPublica, 1 Dec. 2021
  • That was enough to raise fears that Chile's unity is at risk or that native people won´t have to respond to the rule of law, although the proposal doesn't stipulate that, Izquierdo said.
    Daniela Mohor W., CNN, 1 Sep. 2022
  • New York City’s right-to-shelter laws stipulate that the ratio of residents to showers in a facility must be no greater than ten to one.
    Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Provisions in the contract also stipulate that script scribes can use AI for themselves.
    WIRED, 27 Sep. 2023
  • What’s the through line? Let’s first stipulate that tragedy, people oft forget, is not so much about flaws or sadness but about the human experience of chaos.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022

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