contingencies

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Anchorage, the traditional starting point for the Iditarod, has to make contingences for a lack of snow.

From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2016

As a result, I have the margin for meeting the contingences.

From Economist • Apr. 30, 2013

Everything is staked and hazarded on contingences that are as baseless as the fabric of a dream.

From Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales by Taylor, Robert L.

Mr. Stuart, after some general remarks on the subject under discussion, asked, why should the Democratic party be racked and torn by the thought of the contingences which may not happen?

From Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 by Bartlett, D. W.

His scheme of attack had been framed to embrace all contingences; and he wasted no further time in deliberation.

From Nick of the Woods by Bird, Robert M.