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.
• The show can go on in light rain, and the team has contingency plans in case of storms, though they haven’t yet been used in the roughly 40 shows performed so far.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 17 June 2021
• As part of this planning, be sure to build up a contingency fund for unexpected setbacks like a lawsuit or a pandemic.
  — Stephanie Burns, Forbes, 4 June 2021
• As yet, there are no contingency plans for handling clusters of cases that might overstretch health care facilities.
  — Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS, 9 June 2021
• Taking steps to solidify contingency plans was important last year, as well.
  — Patrick Galleher, Forbes, 8 June 2021
• As of Friday morning, fire crews were pooling efforts on the south end of the fire and developing contingency plans.
  — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2021
• Wang said school district officials are currently working on a contingency plan if there are students who do fall into those categories.
  — Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2021
• But sellers today often receive multiple bids, and those with contingency clauses are unlikely to be accepted, agents say.
  — Nicole Friedman, WSJ, 4 June 2021
• The investors do not pay the law firm, which takes the case on contingency, as the lawyers did in the Musk case.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 5 Feb. 2024
• This was a contingency plan in case there was a problem with the guardians.
  — Lois K. Solomon, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Aug. 2019
• And like, the whole French contingency of our trip like, avoided the spice.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2023
• That includes a contingency fund to support the project for the next three years.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 13 Sep. 2021
• Enter the contingency plans and out-of-the-box strategies.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 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
• With that in mind, Awsumb said the current goal is to think ahead to that contingency.
  — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
• If that does happen, Sprague and his wife have a contingency plan in place.
  — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2018
• 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 that’s about as far as things have gone, in terms of contingency planning for this year’s 500.
  — Nathan Brown, Indianapolis Star, 9 May 2020
• There is no case for any contingency plans or cancelling the Games or moving the Games.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2020
• Webb said the project length is set for one year, with some contingency for weather.
  — Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2024
• Few in Kyiv are making the same last-minute contingency plans.
  — NBC News, 12 Feb. 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
• To believe that your life is made of, or made out of, chances means not to think of contingency as something like a god.
  — Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
• But four might not be enough to get through a game, so the Dolphins also have contingencies.
  — Adam H. Beasley, miamiherald, 22 Sep. 2017
• But the Pentagon has been planning for the worst-case contingencies if the talks failed.
  — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
• 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
• Some firms put in place contingency measures the last time a no-deal exit loomed.
  — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
• Although Ukraine’s prospects for a decisive military success would diminish in any Trump contingency, steps that Brussels and Kyiv take today could cushion the blow.
  — Alexander Vindman, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2024
• The company is lining up backup plants and making other contingencies to mitigate the closure, but strict ordering allocations are in place.
  — Jason Clayworth, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024