contingency

Example Sentences

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“When Japan says a Taiwan contingency is a Japan contingency, it’s not that Japan will actually go into the Taiwan Strait and help Taiwan,” said Matsuda.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

But its years of contingency planning have helped mitigate the impact, putting it in a better situation than some of its neighbors.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

If the blockade continues, it added, there are three contingency plans: utilising non-Middle Eastern gas sources, discussing mutual assistance with similar buyers such as Japan and South Korea and purchasing "existing fuel".

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The U.S. has trained and planned for this contingency for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

“Well, see, in the event—however unlikely—that your vaccine does not have the desired effect, and Othello there turns, I was wondering what your contingency plan is. Have you taken the vaccine yourself?”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland