contingency

The breakdown of trade negotiations follows a string of policy changes over the past several months, making it difficult to build contingency plans, companies have told her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

With no agreed plan, public services have been operating under contingency arrangements.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

The proposal approved Wednesday calls for the five-year-old agreement to be amended to ensure that those contingency funds can be used to cover the city’s costs in the event that other funds aren’t available.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Most retirees fear running out of money, which is why they tend to be conservative investors and spenders, and why they build in so many contingency plans.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

With this in mind, I approached the National Executive Committee with the idea that we must come up with a contingency plan for just such an eventuality.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Or more redundancy could have been built into the supply chains, but this would have cost money for contingencies that few took seriously enough to fund.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

But there will have to be contingencies in place.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Here are their Social-Security decision points and the contingencies they need to plan for.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026

The task required the writers to rehearse for months to map out contingencies and shape character arcs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

Westley was always prepared for contingencies, and if he could rescue her at six, he could just as happily rescue her at half past five.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman