exigency

The court’s consideration of this motion, moreover, was hardly warp speed for a case of this importance and exigency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

"We have absolute faith in Australians understanding the exigency of this reform, why we need it, and we believe they'll come on board and vote yes," Davis said.

From Reuters ● Jun. 23, 2023

“While this process may be outside the disciplinary machinery of the Philippine National Police, this will be undertaken due to the exigency of the situation,” Azurin said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2023

“Associated in my entire family’s mind with exigency, a thing that nobody likes!!”

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2022

I am not accustomed to preside at meetings like this; only the exigency of the times could induce me to do It.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political by Robert Green Ingersoll

Unencumbered by deep convictions and free from the constraints imposed by conventional morality or codes of honor, he can alter his tactics to the exigencies of the moment without hesitation or scruple.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

"To spare them from the exigencies of the bill should be done on the grounds that membership of this House would allow them to maintain more easily the contacts that help them perform their duties."

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

It will be encumbered neither by norms nor the exigencies that compel speech in a democratic society.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

The court has previously upheld limited emergency entries, but always with clearly defined exigencies, not the unbounded, unverifiable standard Montana now asks it to adopt.

From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2025

This ideal Jesus, with the emphatic but ambiguous phrase of Paul—“Him crucified”—was not sufficient for the exigencies of the Christian leaders of the subsequent century.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook