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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    It probably entered a contingency mode and started circling the lander, trying to communicate.†  (source)
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    I shopped for immediate needs and distant contingencies.†  (source)
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    Australian law forbids lawyers to take malpractice cases on a contingency basis.†  (source)
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    But the car had a swivelling floodlight mounted on top for such contingencies.†  (source)
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    Every single contingency was practiced to the point where we were tired of it.†  (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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    They're doing their damnedest, but there's no contingency for rescuing sixty million people.†  (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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    Mother tried to think of every contingency, including hunger and illness.†  (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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