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contingent

[kuhn-tin-juhnt] / kənˈtɪn dʒənt /




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“After completing a delivery, our drone clipped a thin, overhead internet cable then performed a Safe Contingent Landing, as designed,” the company said in an emailed statement.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

The US Contingent will take part in the jamboree program on Saturday before moving to U.S.

From Reuters • Aug. 5, 2023

About 10 High Street banks are signed up to a code - the Contingent Reimbursement Model Code - which aims to give money back to people who fall victim to this kind of scam.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2022

Contingent and anxious, the show seems more interested in saying the right things than in telling a coherent story.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2022

There you see the stone wall,—crumbling now,—over which the bewitching Mistress Thankful talked and clasped hands with Captain Allen Brewster of the Connecticut Contingent.

From Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown by Colles, Julia Keese




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