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
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Recent Examples of exigencies
The likelihood of success in a second round of talks increases with the political exigencies and condition of those at the table.
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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
Even amid wartime exigencies, Ukrainians maintain a robust insistence on the rule of law.
—The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2025
This diagnosis, obviously, was an enormous gut-wrenching shock, and the exigencies of Greg’s life were instantly and inexorably altered.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2020
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
Even amid wartime exigencies, Ukrainians maintain a robust insistence on the rule of law.
—The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2025
This diagnosis, obviously, was an enormous gut-wrenching shock, and the exigencies of Greg’s life were instantly and inexorably altered.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exigencies
Noun
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For instance, governments faced with large budget deficits—whether due to economic strain, political crises, or war—may resort to creating new money to finance spending.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 Apr. 2026
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While outlooks for young people looked increasingly dire due to economic crises and deep social divisions, the music became openly critical of Orbán’s government.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In 2001, the crossroads was dramatic.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2026
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With its cast of characters essentially plucked from Fugard’s early life in Port Elizabeth, the play introduces Hally (a stand-in for Fugard) at a crossroads.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Exigencies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exigencies. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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