Wen Jiabao

The Chinese government attaches importance to, and protects, human rights. We have incorporated these lines into the Chinese constitution, and we also implement the stipulation in real earnest. I think for any government, what is most important is to ensure that its people enjoy each and every right given to them by the constitution.

Chinese Statesman

Rachel Simmons

Most parents would not hesitate to assume responsibility for their child's behavior on a playground, at school, or in someone else's home. What happens online should be no different. Parents should talk with their children about computer ethics, stipulate rules of conduct, and - most importantly - establish consequences.

American Author

Hosni Mubarak

I am telling you before anything, that the blood of the martyrs and the injured will not go in vain. And I would like to affirm, I will not hesitate to punish those who are responsible fiercely. I will hold those in charge who have violated the rights of our youth with the harshest punishment stipulated in the law.

Egyptian Statesman

Payal Kadakia

We stipulate about where we need to be in life: By this age you should be married, by this age you should have kids. But it's not that you can only do this or only do that. It's really about creating a holistic life: about planning ahead and being efficient with your time and really listening to yourself.

American Businesswoman

Isaac Newton

If anyone offers conjectures about the truth of things from the mere possibility of hypotheses, I do not see by what stipulation anything certain can be determined in any science, since one or another set of hypotheses may always be devised which will appear to supply new difficulties.

English Mathematician

Xenophon

You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we should not burn the country belonging to the king, and now they set fire to it themselves, as if they looked upon it no longer as their own.

Greek Soldier

Ludwig Quidde

The present level of armaments could be taken as the starting point. It could be stipulated in an international treaty that these armaments should be simultaneously and uniformly reduced by a certain proportion in all countries.

German Critic

Homer Hickam

Personally, I've got bigger hopes for NASA. I will stipulate it should keep putting telescopes in space so we can figure out where we fit in the universe, and it should also keep building those little robots that can and do.

Tessa Blanchard

Taya has never beaten me in a fair fight one-on-one. Taya has always needed a stipulation or a special guest referee or something that puts the odds in her favor.

American Wrestler

Abdus Salam

Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.

Pakistani Scientist

 'Stipulate' is often used when detailing parts of contracts or formal agreements.

Part of Agreements

Stipulations can be verbal too, though they are more common in written form.

Not Always Written

Using 'stipulate' sets clear expectations for what one party wants from another.

Expectations Set

'Stipulate' has a formal tone and is less likely to be used in everyday casual conversations.

Formal Usage

When someone stipulates a rule, it implies they have the authority to do so.

Authority Implication

'Stipulate' is especially common in legal contexts where specific conditions are enforced.

Legal Context

'Stipulate' in law often refers to terms outlined specifically in contracts.

Contract-Specific

Stipulations in legal documents are binding and must be adhered to.

Binding Nature

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