exigency
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"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
“Associated in my entire family’s mind with exigency, a thing that nobody likes!!”
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2022
It is only to say that it reflects the exigency of the crisis — not some essential nobility of character that this country lacks.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2022
Barriers of language, culture, religion and even species would be dissolved in the exigency of a moment no one knew how long might last.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
It will not meet the exigency of the case.
From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse H. Jones
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
Economic exigencies are often more urgent than a deference to the past, but Little Tokyo is trying to have it both ways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024
The conformity of its dogma, almost entirely devoid of supernaturalism, to the exigencies of reason, was at first inestimably advantageous for science which remained free from the hindrances of superstition.
From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Etienne Dinet
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