contingency
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“It was a contingency plan,” Skrmetti, the Tennessee attorney general, said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
The number of people in all other forms of accommodation includes non-hotel contingency accommodation, as well as initial, dispersal and "other" accommodation.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
While this contingency would be less costly than another round of bombing or a U.S. ground invasion, it’s unclear whether it would help or hurt negotiations toward a settlement.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
The MTA has planned contingency shuttle buses, but is already warning that they will be insufficient.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
As unsettling to me as the photos’ purpose was the fact that they weren’t called something else—say, employee contingency portraits, or some other euphemism.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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