Noun, : Nothing was left to contingency. ,He was prepared for every contingency. From Dictionary.com.
Liquidity is required for sudden short-term contingencies (and/or opportunities). From Wordnik.com. [rediff.com] Reference
But in contingencies short of that, the Powell doctrine indicated a kind of institutional caution. From Wordnik.com. [Proceed With Caution] Reference
This WAS unlikely, it depended on certain contingencies coming together that easily could have failed to come together. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Bad Scene, Everyone’s Fault] Reference
But a signed deal that contains a way for MLB to wiggle out if certain contingencies aren't met wouldn't be completely out of the question. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - D.C. officials, MLB a perfect match] Reference
The SANDF had adopted a policy of maintaining a core force to provide for short-term contingencies and to serve as the basis for possible expansion. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The second approach is to add a separate line item, called contingencies, to account for the unforeseeable. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The Impeller Roughing option has been enhanced with functionality that covers more contingencies, which is useful when roughing near and around splitter blades. From Wordnik.com. [Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news] Reference
"I'd then add another six for 'contingencies', so that could be 2013 or 2014.". From Wordnik.com. [Analyst: Airbus May Delay A350 By Two Years] Reference
PHILLIPS: And let's talk about what kind of contingencies you're talking about. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2001] Reference
SECRETARY: We have been working very diligently in the last six to eight months to get prepared for any kind of contingencies that develop. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2001] Reference
We had built in so many different second and third order kind of contingencies in order to be prepared for various glitches and faults and problems and whatever else. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2004] Reference
A third also attempted to claw back £1,085 for "contingencies". From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
Ivory Coast to work on "contingencies" alongside France, the former colonial power. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Switzerland, and the island off the coast of North Carolina ... it's what they do - make plans for 'contingencies'. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
If he doesn't, Alesi said, he would support expulsion "but I would not support expulsion that has some kind of contingencies or ... clever language.". From Wordnik.com. [theithacajournal.com -] Reference
Having the cash on hand sooner rather than later, Chessen added, provides more flexibility in managing "contingencies" and covering losses related to bank closures. From Wordnik.com. [Housing Wire] Reference
Since the late 1940s, U.S. policymakers have assumed that there were no serious "contingencies" of any kind, anywhere on the planet, that did not affect this country's interests. From Wordnik.com. [MoJo Blogs and Articles] Reference
"contingencies" in case the Iraqi government is unable to sell the status-of-forces deal to the country's various factions. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
"I never thought of all those contingencies," she laughed. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
He was studying what the chances would be under certain contingencies. From Wordnik.com. [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference
The studio finally agreed to cast me, but with tremendous contingencies. From Wordnik.com. [Knockout Punch] Reference
Wide appeal: Stage 2 depends on a couple of contingencies that must go Cuomo's way. From Wordnik.com. [Now It's 'Don Quixote' Cuomo] Reference
To each could have been addended entire algorithms of attendant facts, contingencies. From Wordnik.com. [And then she was gone] Reference
Hold yourself ready to meet all contingencies, and let us, meanwhile, hasten our operations. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
So far as actual experience has proved, either one of the foregoing contingencies may happen. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
SIMON: Astronauts prepare for contingencies, like when a fuel cell on a spacecraft conks out. From Wordnik.com. [One More Ride On The Space Shuttle (Simulator)] Reference
The necessities and contingencies of frontier life make her variously accomplished in the useful arts. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
Can you rent out a two-family house for enough to cover all its costs, plus a cushion for contingencies?. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons For The Little Guy] Reference
It places the labouring classes on the very border of starvation, and leaves no margin whatever for any contingencies. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
Combs and his partner haven't discussed any business contingencies in the face of the criminal trial, the attorney said. From Wordnik.com. [The Trigger Puffy Is Really Worried About] Reference
Similarly, I would expect a seller to want to accept backup contracts until all of the contingencies had been satisfied. From Wordnik.com. [Buyers with hypersensitivity disorder should raise their concerns early] Reference
Mr. BERNANKE: Well, we certainly try to talk about all contingencies, and the committee has identified some downside risks. From Wordnik.com. [Bernanke: Recovery Has Slowed] Reference
How much more in the case of Him who foresees and arranges all contingencies, and whose love is from everlasting to everlasting. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
Miss Letitia contributed her quota also, though it was more in actual preparation for contingencies that might arise than advice. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
It is obvious that the very fear of such contingencies, carries with it; some degree of good to the morals and welfare of society. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
Of the residue £60,000 were to be paid over to the queen for her personal expenses, and the remaining £36,000 were for "contingencies.". From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
In these circumstances reasonable to suppose attention of House would be centred on these contingencies, its demeanour attuned accordingly. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914] Reference
I was to be its custodian for twenty years without knowing for whom I held it in trust, and there were many contingencies that might occur. From Wordnik.com. [Two Wonderful Detectives Jack and Gil's Marvelous Skill] Reference
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