instancies

noun

plural of instancy
as in exigencies

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  1. exigencies
  2. consequences
  3. imports
  4. moments
  5. magnitudes
  6. urgencies
  7. significances
  8. weights
Noun
  • 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
Definition of exigencies
Noun
  • The family is split for good — the consequences on people are just enormous.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Cohen draws a sharper line than the women do about the consequences of that bargain.
    — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of consequences
Noun
  • But only a tiny fraction of food imports to the US are actually inspected there.
    — Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • With little rain forecast, countries across Central and Eastern Europe are turning to expensive imports as power demand rises.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of imports
Noun
  • The most chatter from fans of Roku City — yes, a screen saver has many, many devotees — springs from the Easter eggs, a revolving selection of more than 40 pop-culture moments and nostalgic references that populate the screen.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • There are a few brief, shining glimpses of the chemistry and character moments that made the first movie such a joy—like the early party scene where the team tries to lift Thor’s hammer—but Ultron is otherwise a slog.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of moments
Noun
  • Soccer, once a fringe sport, has grown by magnitudes since the last time a men’s World Cup was hosted here in 1994.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • While recorded on seismic sensors, traditional earthquake magnitudes are not appropriate for measuring atmospheric events.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
Definition of magnitudes
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  • That there is no need to fill consciousness at all moments with the artificial urgencies of screens, of emails, of texts, of social media; the real urgencies of the bright-eyed woodpecker above my head will always be vastly more interesting.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Definition of urgencies
Noun
  • Factors In Kenya’s Sovereign Credit Rating Rise There are usually multiple significances to a credit rating action.
    — Ann Rutledge, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Definition of significances
Noun
  • While women’s denim tends to hover closer to 10 or 11 ounces, Diamond Denim by Sapphire is seeing heavier weights like 13 ounces selling well.
    — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • These positions overlap on evaluations and incident reporting but diverge sharply on preemption, open weights and who gets to test, which is exactly the terrain the administration's June executive order is now navigating.
    — Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of weights
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