Wondering how to use Contingency in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as eventuality or happening.
Contingency in a sentence
Contingency meaning
- The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance.
- A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
- An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if they do not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
Synonyms of Contingency
Using Contingency
- The main meaning on this page is: The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance. | A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. | An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if they do not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
- Useful related words include: eventuality, contingence, happening, occurrence.
- In the example corpus, contingency often appears in combinations such as: contingency plans, contingency plan, contingency planning.
Context around Contingency
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Contingency
- In this selection, "contingency" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, non, 86th, different, plans, plan and locations stand out and add context to how "contingency" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 000 in contingency funds to and above our contingency. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "contingency" sits close to words such as alonso, ancestral and bliss, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with contingency
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Anxious retirees and social service groups are among those already making default contingency plans. (14 words)
Contingency costs could increase the overall spend by a further £30 million in a worst case scenario. (17 words)
It is used primarily for base support operations and sustainment services worldwide in both contingency and non-contingency locations. (19 words)
Councillor Baker updated the executive earlier this month saying: “This report is brought here because of the serious nature of the overspend we’ll see this year, that’s £8.8m of extra reserves predicted to be spent above our contingency. (41 words)
Since an individual can have different contingency plan for each history and the game may be repeated an indefinite number of times, there may in fact be an infinite number of such contingency plans. (34 words)
Erin Hemmens asked if there is a contingency plan in place should the proposed landscape and vegetation chosen for the park not prove adequate to keep people from loitering in the area. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
It is used primarily for base support operations and sustainment services worldwide in both contingency and non-contingency locations.
Argument from contingency In the scholastic era, Aquinas formulated the "argument from contingency ", following Aristotle in claiming that there must be something to explain why the Universe exists.
In 1999, the activation of the 86th Contingency Response Group brought the airfield and aerial port operations and providing force protection at contingency airfields mission to the wing.
Since an individual can have different contingency plan for each history and the game may be repeated an indefinite number of times, there may in fact be an infinite number of such contingency plans.
Accountants can help to manage these risks by implementing strong internal controls, conducting risk assessments, and developing contingency plans for potential emergencies.
Adding accident and critical illness riders to your health insurance policy would also be a good idea to take care of any extreme contingency events.
Anxious retirees and social service groups are among those already making default contingency plans.
As a response to his distrust of superhumans, Batman kept a series of secret contingency plans detailing the League's weaknesses in case they were used for evil.
A total of 15 car and bike examinations had to be cancelled due to contingency road closures being enabled when practising and racing were rescheduled during this year's event.
At the meeting, Conservative councillor John Duff asked what the total amount of contingency was left after the £500,000.
Batman has contingency plans for himself as well, such as the Failsafe and Tower of Babel protocols, which he can use to take down the Justice League if necessary.
Belichick was a part of the Turner recruitment contingency put together by the Red Sox when they pursued the two-time All-Star in Major League Baseball free agency.
Contingency costs could increase the overall spend by a further £30 million in a worst case scenario.
Councillor Baker updated the executive earlier this month saying: “This report is brought here because of the serious nature of the overspend we’ll see this year, that’s £8.8m of extra reserves predicted to be spent above our contingency.
Erin Hemmens asked if there is a contingency plan in place should the proposed landscape and vegetation chosen for the park not prove adequate to keep people from loitering in the area.
He said in future, council officers would build in “contingency budgets” to take into account larger than expected costs after projects go out to tender.
He said that ‘contingency plans’ were in place for many star clients, depending on if the Sag-Aftra strike went ahead or not (Picture: beverlyhillscenter.
He said the district would need to use up most of the $880,000 in contingency funds to finish the remodeling/parking phases, and that makes him nervous.
He was originally hired by Big Dave (Eddie Marsan), who was interested in paying for the information, but Fletcher made multiple contingency plans.
His expertise was crucial to the success of more than seven contingency missions, supporting joint special operations partners and air expeditionary wing commanders.
Common combinations with contingency
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- contingency plans 71×
- contingency plan 29×
- contingency planning 14×
- the contingency 11×
- of contingency 9×
- contingency fund 9×
- and contingency 9×
- contingency fee 8×
- through contingency 6×
- on contingency 6×