Thesaurus / contingent
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The problem is that ethical truths are necessarily true, and you can’t account for necessary truths without in some way going beyond the contingent states of the physical world.
THE UNIVERSE KNOWS RIGHT FROM WRONG - ISSUE 89: THE DARK SIDEPHILIP GOFFSEPTEMBER 9, 2020NAUTILUSIt’s home to many of the most rabid fan bases in the country, an especially vocal contingent of college football tribalism unafraid to announce, with frequency, that the sport means more here.
FOOTBALL IS COMING TO THREE OF THE POWER FIVE CONFERENCES. COVID-19 IS ALREADY THERE.JOSH PLANOSSEPTEMBER 8, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThe largest contingent hailed from the SEC, with 10 of the 14 member schools choosing not to reveal the number of positive results.
FOOTBALL IS COMING TO THREE OF THE POWER FIVE CONFERENCES. COVID-19 IS ALREADY THERE.JOSH PLANOSSEPTEMBER 8, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThis was to some degree contingent upon retailer safety precautions.
A CORONA XMAS: WHY PHYSICAL STORES WILL POWER ONLINE SHOPPING THIS HOLIDAY SEASONGREG STERLINGSEPTEMBER 4, 2020SEARCH ENGINE LANDThe main Crusader contingent, however, was able to take advantage of transport ships that sailed directly from Europe to Palestine.
HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES: ORIGINS, POLITICS, AND CRUSADERSDATTATREYA MANDALMARCH 23, 2020REALM OF HISTORYA small contingent of the members hurried off to applaud the successful comic opera of the hour.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSI met him striding toward the building that seemed to be a clearing house for the official contingent.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRA claim barred by the statute of limitations is not provable, nor is a contingent liability.
PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMANALBERT SIDNEY BOLLESThey encountered a score of ruffians who had cut themselves adrift from the Gwalior contingent.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYBlazer contingent has moved up closer; they pretend to recognise me as "Cousin Bill."
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 93, SEPTEMBER 24, 1887VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO CONTINGENT
- allusive
- analogous
- approaching
- by comparison
- comparable
- conditional
- connected
- contingent
- contrastive
- correlative
- corresponding
- equivalent
- in proportion
- like
- matching
- metaphorical
- near
- not absolute
- not positive
- parallel
- provisional
- qualified
- related
- relative
- restricted
- rivaling
- similar
- vying
- with reservation
- codicillary
- contingent
- depending on
- fortuitous
- granted on certain terms
- guarded
- iffy
- incidental
- inconclusive
- limited
- modified
- not absolute
- obscure
- provisional
- provisory
- qualified
- relative
- reliant
- relying on
- restricted
- restrictive
- subject to
- tentative
- uncertain
- with grain of salt
- with reservations
- with strings attached
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