exigency
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The court’s consideration of this motion, moreover, was hardly warp speed for a case of this importance and exigency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
Krulewitch, Rehn’s attorney, questions the claim of exigency, noting that once officers had arrived on the scene they knew nobody had been pushed out of a window.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
"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
I beg pardon of John Raynaud, the elegant encyclopedist, for my having turned into a vile plummet, in order to meet the exigency of the moment, the pure gold of his philosophy.
From The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 by Eug?ne Sue
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
The court has previously upheld limited emergency entries, but always with clearly defined exigencies, not the unbounded, unverifiable standard Montana now asks it to adopt.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2025
Carlyle records of Frederick the Great, that silver ornaments were kept in his palace, and turned to account under the exigencies of war.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by L. Arnoux
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