Sample Sentences for
contingent
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contingent as in:  contingent upon

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I was offered the job contingent upon my résumé being checked out and found accurate.
contingent = dependent
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    We made an offer to buy the house, but the offer is contingent upon our selling our existing home before closing the sale on the new one.
    contingent = dependent upon
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    I tell them it's not contingent on how they feel about me.  (source)
    contingent = dependent
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    He is mad about being small when you were big, but no, that's not it, he is mad about being helpless when you were powerful, but no, not that either, he is mad about being contingent when you were necessary, not quite it, he is insane because when he loved you, you didn't notice.  (source)
    contingent = determined by conditions or circumstances
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    The orders were contingent on me passing the physical screening test for BUD/S in Jacksonville.  (source)
    contingent = dependent
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    This agreement is contingent upon his mother's promise that she will never, ever, for any reason, reveal her identity to her son unless and until she assumes permanent responsibility for him; nor will I reveal it myself.  (source)
    contingent = dependent upon
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    Let us say that your future here is contingent upon how you decide to deal with your son's waywardness.  (source)
    contingent = dependent
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    My assistance with Vyndra is contingent on your becoming my champion.  (source)
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    During my admission, you said that my admittance to the Arcanum was granted, contingent upon proof that I had mastered the basic principles of sympathy.  (source)
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    His employment is contingent on moving the right scenes at the right time.  (source)
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    She escorts me instead to the automatic doors, and we make tentative plans again, contingent upon this and that, all of it contigent still upon Patrick and Patrick alone, and the sad and peculiar notion of waiting for a heart.  (source)
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    Kids came and went, desks filled and emptied, friendship was always contingent.  (source)
    contingent = determined by conditions or circumstances not yet established
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    In other words, it wasn't like my love for the Almighty was contingent upon whether the blessings came or not.  (source)
    contingent = dependent
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    His admission into the Arcanum contingent upon proof that he has mastered the basic principles of sympathy.  (source)
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contingent as in:  the Canadian contingent

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    The peacekeeping force includes a British contingent.
    contingent = group
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    the Annex contingent and the Supply Corps all mixed up together, and that in the middle of the day!  (source)
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    The direction I fire my gun is the direction of their main contingent.  (source)
    contingent = group of soldiers
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    The hit of the village was the Japanese contingent, whose tradition of prodigious gift giving made them the collective Santa Claus of the Games.  (source)
    contingent = group
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    Were there people on Salusa Secundus before the Emperor sent his first contingents of prisoners there?†  (source)
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    At the forefront of this contingent was the American general—a no-nonsense figure who hailed from what is reportedly known as "The Great State of Texas."  (source)
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    American and Canadian contingents alike were mobilized, and squads of grim-faced men armed with rifles, carbines and spotlights were soon scouring the surrounding country intent on dealing with a menace which, in a matter of hours, had grown into several packs of starving wolves.†  (source)
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    They have all subscribed to CIC's twenty-four-hour Raft Report, getting the latest news flash, straight from the satellite, on when the Latest contingent of twenty-five thousand starving Eurasians has cut itself loose from the Enterprise and started dipping its myriad oars into the Pacific, like ant legs.  (source)
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    Independently of the original and individual contribution of each writer, there are collective contingents.†  (source)
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    Twenty minutes later, Beidleman's contingent limped into camp, where they had an emotional reunion with a very worried Anatoli Boukreev.  (source)
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    Let me name only captains of contingents and number all the ships.†  (source)
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    The Bouton Road contingent was eating supper at her house, now that their pots and dishes were packed, and she had just set a pork roast in front of Amanda's Hugh for carving.  (source)
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    Marine contingents everywhere are trained for things like that.†  (source)
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