Sample Sentences forcontingency (editor-reviewed)
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I was prepared for that contingency.contingency = something that might happen
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We have prepared for all contingencies.contingencies = things that might happen
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The immediate contingency overtook him, pulled him back from the edge of the theoretical abyss. (source)contingency = thing that might happen
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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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It probably entered a contingency mode and started circling the lander, trying to communicate.† (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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But the car had a swivelling floodlight mounted on top for such contingencies.† (source)
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Australian law forbids lawyers to take malpractice cases on a contingency basis.† (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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Mother tried to think of every contingency, including hunger and illness.† (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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Like with Percy, and your future—you can't control every contingency.† (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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Every single contingency was practiced to the point where we were tired of it.† (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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