The phrase "emergency state" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a situation or period of time in which there is an urgent need for action or assistance. Example: The city declared an emergency state following the natural disaster, mobilizing resources and aid to help those affected.
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Accordingly, emergency state contracts should be avoided if at all possible.
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Finally, last March, the county declared a "public safety fiscal emergency", starting the path to emergency state funding.
The men are being tried in an emergency state security court, which denies any chance of appeal.
In the words of Mr. Williams, who handles 120 cases at a time and has no room left for a personal life, "Everybody's in an emergency state".
This year, California imposed emergency state-wide water use reductions for the first time in history, after another heatwave punished the parched state in the fourth year of what is said to be the worst drought in a millennium.
Around the nation, some of the most troubled cities and counties — some of whose troubles have been made worse by the recession — have undergone similar state monitoring, and six of Michigan's financially desperate cities and school systems are currently under the watch of an emergency, state-appointed manager.
Earlier this month, the State Supreme Court struck down a proposed ballot initiative that would have barred illegal immigrants from receiving non-emergency state and local services, and on Monday the court declined to reconsider.
Critics argued that the measure would be hard to enforce if it eventually became law, as most online gaming businesses are based outside the United States.Colorado's legislature, in a special session, approved 11 measures aimed at curbing illegal immigration, including the withholding of non-emergency state services.
I was in a near-emergency state.
