How to Use contingency in a Sentence

contingency

noun

• In making our business plans, we tried to prepare for any contingency that might hurt sales.
• This was a contingency plan in case there was a problem with the guardians.
  — Lois K. Solomon, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Aug. 2019
• That includes a contingency fund to support the project for the next three years.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 13 Sep. 2021
• That is why all these contingency plans are having to be thought about and looked at.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 1 July 2020
• Does the network have any contingency plans in the unlikely event the games are scrapped?
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 3 June 2021
• Enter the contingency plans and out-of-the-box strategies.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2021
• And like, the whole French contingency of our trip like, avoided the spice.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2023
• By the time our first round of shots starts to lose its oomph, contingency plans will have long ago been set in motion.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 June 2021
• But clearly there was a contingency plan in place: cue cards.
  — Brenna Williams, CNN, 21 Dec. 2017
• Some firms put in place contingency measures the last time a no-deal exit loomed.
  — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
• Always have a contingency plan waiting in the wings in case someone lets you down.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 30 Oct. 2019
• Crews were also building contingency lines to the west of the fire in case conditions changed.
  — P. Kim Bui, The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2022
• Many contingency plans are being kicked around, and some have even floated the idea of starting the season in the spring.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2020
• If that does happen, Sprague and his wife have a contingency plan in place.
  — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2018
• Few in Kyiv are making the same last-minute contingency plans.
  — NBC News, 12 Feb. 2022
• One contingency is to line up a third-party spokesman who can help if the brand’s image is dinged.
  — Zach Schonbrun, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2016
• There can be little valid debate about the need to plan for every contingency.
  — Editorial Board, Star Tribune, 5 Feb. 2021
• But not every district had such a contingency plan in place.
  — Emily Donaldson, Dallas News, 10 June 2021
• And while the causes are complex, the contingency plan is as simple as ever.
  — Christopher Elliott, The Seattle Times, 8 Oct. 2018
• There is no charge to any of the cities, as the case is being litigated on a contingency basis.
  — Melissa Reinert, Cincinnati.com, 10 Oct. 2017
• With that in mind, Awsumb said the current goal is to think ahead to that contingency.
  — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
• But four might not be enough to get through a game, so the Dolphins also have contingencies.
  — Adam H. Beasley, miamiherald, 22 Sep. 2017
• The league does have contingency plans for severe weather.
  — Cameron Fields, cleveland, 28 Apr. 2021
• Monarchy seeks, above all, to put on a show of timelessness in which the ruler floats above contingency and change.
  — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 28 Sep. 2022
• But the best front offices — and coaching staffs — build contingency plans.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2018
• One thing that stood out is how the contingency requirements are being dropped.
  — James Brown, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2022
• So some clinics may make last-minute contingency plans for the end of the day, so doses aren’t wasted.
  — David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2021
• Tomlin laughed when asked what the contingency plan is next time the kicker is unavailable.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 8 Nov. 2021
• There is no case for any contingency plans or cancelling the Games or moving the Games.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2020
• But everyone agrees that the life of a regime is full of contingencies; leaders can make mistakes.
  — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 July 2023

Last Updated: 28 Apr 2024