contingencies

Example Sentences

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In addition to planning for all contingencies, take advantage of any extra ways to save and invest, such as catch-up contributions for people 50 and older, Bond said.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

The trucking routes are part of a broader redrawing of the regional logistics map, reorienting trade away from the vulnerable Persian Gulf and providing governments and companies with critical contingencies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

For the last two years, I have been researching a book about the making of “All the President’s Men,” whose production involved almost as many contingencies and unresolved questions as Watergate itself.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Various branches of the military draw up plans for all sorts of contingencies in case the president thinks about ordering one.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

It works out contingencies and relationships and sorts through the mountain of information we get from the outside world, prioritizing it and putting flags on things that demand our immediate attention.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell