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as in possibilities
something that might happen
agencies trying to provide for every contingency in a national emergency
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as in provisions
something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends
an offer to buy the house, with the contingency that it pass inspection
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Recent Examples of contingencies
In blockade and quarantine contingencies, lawfare and economic coercion might matter as much as air-naval power.
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Eyck Freymann, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Preparing to meet a host of contingencies entails writing a series of scripts that predict the future.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
To make sense out of this tangle of connections and contingencies, many macroscopes employ computational models to reveal the key economic, medical, political, educational, or ecological relationships that are often invisible to all but the experts.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
The target includes a reserve margin to cover possible outages or other contingencies.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
The Pentagon's China Military Power Report said the Eastern Theater Command is responsible for military operations related to Taiwan, including contingencies in and around the Taiwan Strait, a waterway roughly 80 miles wide at its narrowest point.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
In many markets, cash offers are viewed as the fastest and simplest way to close a deal—bypassing financing contingencies and offering sellers greater certainty.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Together, these partnerships diversify supply risk, deepen software resilience, and create potential co-repair and training hubs that can be activated in contingencies.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Elias Díaz exiting Game 161 with discomfort in his left oblique has at least forced the Padres to scramble contingencies into place for the postseason.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Eyck Freymann, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Preparing to meet a host of contingencies entails writing a series of scripts that predict the future.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
To make sense out of this tangle of connections and contingencies, many macroscopes employ computational models to reveal the key economic, medical, political, educational, or ecological relationships that are often invisible to all but the experts.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
The target includes a reserve margin to cover possible outages or other contingencies.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
The Pentagon's China Military Power Report said the Eastern Theater Command is responsible for military operations related to Taiwan, including contingencies in and around the Taiwan Strait, a waterway roughly 80 miles wide at its narrowest point.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
In many markets, cash offers are viewed as the fastest and simplest way to close a deal—bypassing financing contingencies and offering sellers greater certainty.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Together, these partnerships diversify supply risk, deepen software resilience, and create potential co-repair and training hubs that can be activated in contingencies.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Elias Díaz exiting Game 161 with discomfort in his left oblique has at least forced the Padres to scramble contingencies into place for the postseason.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contingencies
Noun
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Third-place teams complicate the USMNT’s possibilities At first glance, there is only one straightforward scenario.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Now as then, a strongman has been dislodged in Venezuela, and the field of possibilities has expanded.—
Michael Albertus,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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The addition of those provisions, the lawsuit argues, violated a requirement in the Missouri Constitution that laws only deal with one subject.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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Some of these transfers may run into conflicts with the existing police union contract; if that happens, Pallmeyer should not hesitate to use her power to subordinate those contractual provisions to the requirements of constitutional policing under the court decree.—
John Schmidt,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Find more university press titles featured on the University Press Week reading list, along with a schedule of University Press Week events.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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The president has attended plenty of sporting events over the last 13 months.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Today’s pairs are built for all conditions, designed to carry you through long days without blisters or fuss, while still looking effortless.—
Erica Paige,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Fires will catch and spread rapidly under these conditions.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Jan. 2026
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In addition to Núñez’s account, The Bee reviewed dozens of other accounts opened for 2026 and 2030 races, and found that in many cases, these accounts belonged to former lawmakers who use them to hold and spend money raised during their time in office – not to run for the seat in question.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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Driven by the childhood memory of a murder near her home, McNamara spent years as an armchair sleuth, digging through records to try and solve cold cases, especially that of the Golden State Killer.—
Rebecca Hannigan,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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But food hubs also have high startup and operational costs, challenges with maintaining a consistent supply and demand and recruiting skilled leadership and staff, and navigating organizational, regulatory and food safety requirements, Perez said.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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Even with reporting requirements, the system relies on companies to share accurate information.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Contingencies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contingencies. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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