How to Use proviso in a Sentence

proviso

noun
  • He accepted the job with one proviso: he would work alone.
  • But, as is always the case with the law, there are a few provisos.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
  • The proviso was that the show would be produced, gulp, without a script.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
  • Even so, the promise of those violins turns out to come with lots of provisos.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Here is a sample of what’s in store this summer, with the proviso that dates are subject to change.
    — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 6 June 2018
  • The Kings did have a proviso for Ferrell.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • In fact, this latter proviso should be their ultimate purpose.
    — Klaus Schwab, Time, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Alex and the band capitulated, with the proviso that the video would be free of gimmickry.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The proviso that getting well would be hard is one of the principles of healing that Jamison now holds dear.
    — Casey Schwartz, New York Times, 22 May 2023
  • With that proviso, however, there is much to praise in the $52 billion, two-year budget deal.
    — Editorial Board, Star Tribune, 17 May 2021
  • My sister signed the adoption papers with the proviso that her identity as the mother not be revealed to the child.
    — New York Times, 26 Oct. 2021
  • That should be with the proviso that Whitlock returns to the rotation next season.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2022
  • The chronically late dinner guest can be invited once more on the proviso that the start time of the evening is honored.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Looked pretty good too, with the proviso that quarterbacks are supposed to look good when they can’t be tackled and contact is minimal.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2019
  • My sister was given our mother's jewelry with the proviso that pieces be given to the granddaughters.
    — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • Of course, those demands are always accompanied by a proviso that someone other than those making the demand should pay for it.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025
  • Mayor Steve Vaus moved that an appointment be made with the proviso that the applicants sign a pledge not to run in the next election.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2023
  • But the Patriots have pledged not to franchise Brady, and there’s a proviso in his new contract that prohibits them from doing so.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The only proviso is that the company be able to take over control of the car remotely, a technology that is now emerging.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The proviso is that such positions can legally only last for 130 days, and Musk should reach that total in the next few weeks.
    — ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
  • This was a plea, not a proviso, because, so far, supplication is the only expedient available to them.
    — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Such objections led to the withdrawal of the proviso from the appropriations bill.
    — David S. Reynolds, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Based on that proviso, a more prudent way of gauging the worth of someone who qualifies as an expert would be to establish guidelines or criteria.
    — Jon Michail, Forbes, 23 May 2022
  • Yet the law has provisos that allow the president to decide whether, for the sake of American interests, the law should be enforced.
    — Frances Robles, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2016
  • Stettheimer is, in this way, more Goopist than avant-gardist, with the proviso that Goopism was a kind of American avant-garde.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The federal government is authorized under the Act to claw back money from states that offend this proviso.
    — Dave Yost, National Review, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Curtis wants to see a more holistic conversation on how to address delays in rural communities, rather than a proviso that diverts funding from projects long in the works.
    — Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2026
  • There is a special proviso in the new DH mandate that allows teams who let pitchers hit for themselves remain as the DH once they are finished pitching.
    — Mark Faller, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The Athletic spoke to those with an understanding of how Pereira works — on the proviso of anonymity to protect relationships — for a fuller picture of the coach.
    — Steve Madeley, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Inside, a large portion of its available floorspace will be given over to 500 apartments for rental and purchase, with the proviso that 50% of these must remain affordable.
    — New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2025

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