- plural of contingency.
contingencies
Example Sentences
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Strategists at Panmure Liberum led by Joachim Klement acknowledge the long-term danger posed by “excessive deficits and rising debt mountains,” but there are contingencies that might take bond markets by surprise in the next year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
One person keeping a close eye on the meteorological calendar is Gary Quinn, who is part of Northern Ireland's civil contingencies group.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Or more redundancy could have been built into the supply chains, but this would have cost money for contingencies that few took seriously enough to fund.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
The task required the writers to rehearse for months to map out contingencies and shape character arcs.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 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
