contingent
Example Sentences
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It was contingent on Tesla meeting a series of market-value and operating targets.
But the postwar idea of upward mobility was always contingent on certain fundamentals: strong institutions, affordable education, accessible homeownership and stable work.
French contingents are also expected to take part in the documentation effort.
From Barron's
But as Bradbury is quick to point out, all of those connections are “contingent on if you’re doing something interesting” and if the music itself is actually good.
From Los Angeles Times
Each configuration seems contingent, not fixed, as if in a process of perpetual transition driven by some invisible force—tectonic restlessness or a growth hormone, say.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
