exigency

“That’s not the way it works anymore. There would be a number of people who would surface. I rate the odds of that exigency very, very low.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

"We have absolute faith in Australians understanding the exigency of this reform, why we need it, and we believe they'll come on board and vote yes," Davis said.

From Reuters ● Jun. 23, 2023

“Associated in my entire family’s mind with exigency, a thing that nobody likes!!”

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2022

It is only to say that it reflects the exigency of the crisis — not some essential nobility of character that this country lacks.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2022

In fact they are to make a requisition, such as the State often institutes for horses and cattle during a campaign, when private rights must give way to a national exigency.

From The Gospel According to St. Mark by Chadwick, G. A.

Unencumbered by deep convictions and free from the constraints imposed by conventional morality or codes of honor, he can alter his tactics to the exigencies of the moment without hesitation or scruple.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

"To spare them from the exigencies of the bill should be done on the grounds that membership of this House would allow them to maintain more easily the contacts that help them perform their duties."

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

It will be encumbered neither by norms nor the exigencies that compel speech in a democratic society.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

Economic exigencies are often more urgent than a deference to the past, but Little Tokyo is trying to have it both ways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024

N.B.—The exigencies of the Drama are responsible for his making his appearance here, instead of waiting, as is more usual, at the church.

From Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch by Anstey, F.