Synonyms of exigencies

exigencies

noun

plural of exigency

as in crises

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action

the exigencies requiring snap decisions that traders on the stock exchange face every day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crises
• crossroads
• emergencies
• situations
• extremities
• conjunctures
• heads
• junctures
• possibilities
• clutches
• flash points
• boiling points
• contingencies
• predicaments
• breaking points
• moments of truth
• conditions
• crunch times
• crunches
• zero hours
• milestones
• points of no return
• happenings
• tinderboxes
• Dunkirks
• straits
• climaxes
• corners
• landmarks
• turning points
• impasses
• deadlocks
• passes
• hot waters
• stalemates
• jams
• holes
• last minutes
• fixes
• spots
• scrapes
• pinches
• last ditches
• eleventh hours

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exigencies

Potential finalists will be notified via email and will be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, License of Work and Release of Liability/Publicity within three (3) days of date of notification, or a shorter time if required by exigencies, or a runner-up may be selected. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026

The exigencies of the Revolution lead to promising more people representation. — Ken Burns, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026

In West Texas, some locals were hopeful that the exigencies of life in a rural area, where recordkeeping can be rudimentary and property boundaries aren’t always clear, might stymie the project, at least for a little while. — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 14 May 2026

The likelihood of success in a second round of talks increases with the political exigencies and condition of those at the table. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026

Other neighbors were equally desperate, including Mohammad Izzo, 69, a school caretaker forced by the exigencies of war to become a groundskeeper for a makeshift cemetery at the campus located a short distance from Abdullah’s house. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026

For certain great artists, Meis believes, the creative act is a safe harbor where life’s pressures, exigencies, and calamities aren’t so much denied or resolved as reimagined as pictorial dramas. — Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026

It will be encumbered neither by norms nor the exigencies that compel speech in a democratic society. — Casey Ryan Kelly, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026

You logical minds cannot understand the exigencies of art. — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026