contingency
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And he said one of his top priorities was "thinking through what you would do in contingency" if the job losses were as bad as some were predicting.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Brisbane 2032's chief executive has said organisers are making contingency plans "as we would for any venue".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Roughly 80% of the US$3.3 billion budget is contracted, with about US$230 million of contingency intact, it adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Central Command, told CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes” this week that he isn’t concerned at all about shortages of interceptors and that the military is ready for any contingency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
This contingency has been provided for by the body.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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When is it time to seek legal advice and put processes in place for all contingencies — for example, what happens if you fall and become incapacitated?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 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
But there will have to be contingencies in place.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
But the contingencies cost automakers billions of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Our genomes are catalogues of instructions from all kinds of sources in nature, filed for all kinds of contingencies.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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