contingent
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Earlier this year, a small contingent of US soldiers deployed to Nigeria to train the West African nation's armed forces and help them with intelligence in their battle against growing security threats.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
As for you: Is your refund contingent on occupancy?
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
Soon-Shiong joins a contingent of billionaire investors in MLV.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
So to keep him focused, the board issued him one billion shares contingent on his ability to establish “a permanent human colony on Mars with at least one million inhabitants.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Behind Davos and his sons came another line of hundreds commanded by knights and lordly captains, and then the smaller, slower Myrish contingent, none dipping more than eighty oars.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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