contingency
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UC campuses and medical centers are making contingency plans and communicating with patients, students, faculty and staff about potential disruptions.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Holidaymakers have been urged not to change their travel plans as there is currently no fuel shortage in the UK and there are contingency plans in place.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Two, the law firm fronts the costs on contingency and achieves the same result.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
The deep mystery of human history is in fact the mix of contingency and inevitability.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
It lacked the lyrical eloquence and the floating optimism of the Jeffersonian version because it was grounded in the palpable sense of contingency Adams had internalized over his long career.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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