Thesaurus results for CONTINGENCIES

contingencies

noun

plural of contingency

as in possibilities

something that might happen agencies trying to provide for every contingency in a national emergency

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something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends an offer to buy the house, with the contingency that it pass inspection

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Recent Examples of contingencies The many contingencies of realization scramble the binary of timelessness and time. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 Experts say the military always plans for different types of contingencies. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 Some states have additional contingencies attached to their laws, like Delaware and Utah, which only enact permanent DST if surrounding states do as well. — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 This can help prevent headline bias and force you to assess cash, other types of consideration, contingencies, timing, closing risk, post-close risks and personal obligations consistently. — Mike McIsaac Cpa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 But after 9/11, these contingencies were used to give the executive branch sweeping new authority in the name of domestic security. — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026 There are other contingencies built into the BC restructuring arrangement, according to the filings, including a 3% break fee and the aforementioned contingency on LIV getting enough players to sign on. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Days run to schedule, but there’s plenty of contingencies ready to be rolled out. — Iain MacAuley, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2026 The potential buyer is working to clear away all contingencies to complete the sale, court papers show. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Gone is the scrambling, gone are the endless possibilities, gone are the complicated dynamics of large groups replaced, once again, by the predictability of the small group.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Quantum computers promise exponential computational power by processing many possibilities simultaneously.

— Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of possibilities

Noun

For properties other than single-family homes and duplexes, the statute addresses reasonable provisions for clean and safe common areas along with services such as garbage removal and extermination of certain pests.

— Emma Clapp, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
The incident illustrates the failures of trust and safety provisions that are supposed to protect against this kind of confusion.

— Mia Sato, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of provisions

Noun

Hundreds also turned out for a No Kings protest in Boise Saturday, one of 3,000 such events nationwide aimed at mobilizing early voters.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026
Part of its purpose, from the beginning, was not only to deliver new facts but to interpret ragged events for a nervous audience of relatively prosperous, largely white viewers who shared Wallace’s concern about the shape and tenor of the future.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of events

Noun

Space Launch Delta 45’s weather squadron forecasts only a 55% chance for good conditions at the launch site as well as listing a moderate-to-high chance of bad conditions for the rocket booster recovery attempt downrange.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
The protests, fueled in part by anger over rising living costs, school conditions and public services, erupted into violence Saturday.

— Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of conditions

Noun

An emergency program was followed by an initial slowdown in new cases after almost 20 million children received a vaccination in April and May.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
In both cases, people with pre-existing hypertension experienced bigger drops in systolic and diastolic pressure than those with normal blood pressure.

— MD Published, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of cases

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Advertisement In Europe, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, Portugal, and England implemented school CPR education through national requirements or curriculum standards.

— Meng Yang, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Avoiding it in the first place makes far more sense, even if the K3's additional hardware and energy requirements complicate the question of its overall environmental footprint.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026

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