contingent
Example Sentences
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At a party congress, North Korea’s leader outlined a vision for potential U.S. engagement that is contingent on him keeping his nuclear weapons.
At Issa’s house, Samary pulled up with three armored vehicles and two pickup trucks, just as several ambulances and a police contingent arrived.
Tenaga will likely gain from higher returns from its electricity transmission and distribution assets in 2026-2027, driven by increased contingent capital spending, new power plants and renewable energy expansion, he adds.
Instead, it is wholly contingent and circumstantial, defined by what serves his own self-interest and corrupt needs and wants at any given moment.
From Salon
"I saw the boys marching in front of me," he says of the Iranian naval contingent during the parade along the seafront, just 10m away.
From BBC
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