contingencies
Example Sentences
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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
In addition to planning for all contingencies, take advantage of any extra ways to save and invest, such as catch-up contributions for people 50 and older, Bond said.
From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026
For the last two years, I have been researching a book about the making of “All the President’s Men,” whose production involved almost as many contingencies and unresolved questions as Watergate itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
The details were so real: times, contingencies, strategies, and backup plans.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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