Sample Sentences for
contingency
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    Anorak probably prepared for that contingency.†  (source)
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    He also tried to prepare for every contingency.†  (source)
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    Did our family talk about the future or make contingency plans in case the situation got worse?†  (source)
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    Mother tried to think of every contingency, including hunger and illness.†  (source)
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    The system might have a million contingencies for state wards trying to screw with things, but they don't have a plan of action for dealing with an accident.†  (source)
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    Every single contingency was practiced to the point where we were tired of it.†  (source)
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    We practiced on our construction-paper football field, going over the various contingencies: What happened if a particular lineman (a shiny nickel) missed his block?†  (source)
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    Australian law forbids lawyers to take malpractice cases on a contingency basis.†  (source)
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    FORCE prided itself on preparing itself for all contingencies in the Web or the colonial regions, but nothing had properly prepared it for the Battle of South Bressia and its implications for the New Bushido.†  (source)
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    They're doing their damnedest, but there's no contingency for rescuing sixty million people.†  (source)
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    It's strange to remember how we used to think, as if everything were available to us, as if there were no contingencies, no boundaries; as if we were free to shape and reshape forever the ever-expanding perimeters of our lives.†  (source)
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    Like with Percy, and your future—you can't control every contingency.†  (source)
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    I was too familiar with slavery not to know that promises made to slaves, though with kind intentions, and sincere at the time, depend upon many contingencies for their fulfillment.†  (source)
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