Thesaurus results for CONTINGENTS

contingents

noun

plural of contingent

as in delegations

a body of persons chosen as representatives of a larger group the local Scout troop traditionally sends a large contingent to the jamboree

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as in events

something that might happen officials in charge of managing the national emergency tried to prepare for every contingent, no matter how improbable

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Recent Examples of contingents The march’s contingents represented a variety of businesses and organizations throughout the capital region. —

Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026 The slimmer contingents that appear on the palace balcony look in recent years much different than late Queen Elizabeth's reign, as the extended family would pack the palace balcony. —

Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026 And while the Queen City won’t host any World Cup games, there will be watch parties around Charlotte with various fan contingents. —

Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026 The latter is supposed to help secure the ports as part of its mandate, but so far the contingents, which only began patrolling the streets of the capital last week, have not deployed to the port areas. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026 The Americans had a rule against having Black soldiers in armored divisions, so Leclerc — whose biggest contingents were African — had to part with a third of his men to keep his American equipment. —

Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 June 2026 There will be over 60 contingents in the parade, and the organizers state there will be more than 5,500 artists who will be representing various cultural heritages such as Brazil, Mexico, Panama, Bolivia, Cuba, Puerto Rico and more. —

Jose Fabian, CBS News, 24 May 2026 That’s how many NBC ordered this season — five dramas and three comedies — and the crop may have produced as many strong series contenders as the contingents of 20-25 pilots the networks used to pick up in a single year back in the day. —

Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 May 2026 While a few small contingents represented Iowa in the war's eastern theater, the west was where Iowans mainly engaged. —

Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026

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See plans As for which states will be sending delegations, officials in at least 15 states confirmed plans for their participation to USA TODAY.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 12 June 2026
For example, host cities are expected to supply (and pay for) police escorts for ground transport for team delegations and referees, as most people would expect.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 11 June 2026