contingent
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Lawmakers approved the amendment again in January before passing a separate bill in February laying out the new congressional districts, contingent on voter approval.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
In mid-February, he said only a "small" contingent would remain.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
However, the future of a postdeal Keyera is contingent on winning a favorable ruling from the Competition Tribunal.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Under the deal, which Bloomberg had first reported, Google plans to invest $10 billion at the company’s current $380 billion valuation, while the remaining $30 billion would be contingent on Anthropic reaching certain performance milestones.
From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026
To the continuing exasperation of his fellow scientists, he often alluded in published work to the results of contingent experiments that he had not told anyone about.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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