exigent
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There are a few, such as consent searches and exigent circumstances where someone is in danger or evidence is about to be destroyed.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
“Some people don’t want to have to get a long-term place,” she says, and signing a lease doesn’t allow any wiggle room for exigent circumstances.
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2025
Still, Bass is not the first California political leader to lead in absentia during a moment of exigent crisis.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025
I’m not quite sure what to tell you, other than that Mark and I have tried as hard as we can to make these issues exigent and urgent.
From Slate • Dec. 31, 2024
And each time I was about to call an end to the chaos, I got sidetracked by exigent cries of “R-and-W, center gate!”
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing exigent
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GRE Verbal Reasoning, List 1
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Grade 12, List 6
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