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
“There was no exigency requiring immediate intervention by the officers, and no crime had occurred,” according to the referral, as recounted in the OPA summary.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 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
This was an exigency which the laws had never contemplated, and although it was everywhere admitted that the man deserved punishment, it was difficult to find a law bearing upon his case.
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben
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
The extraordinary exigencies of Shakespeare's plot rendered necessary this unusual fiction.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
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