Sentence examples for the contingent from inspiring English sources

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the contingent

adjective

Possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.

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Ward met the contingent at the airport.

Sixty will make up the contingent from Turkey.

One official said he expected the contingent to grow steadily.

Nick Rimando, however, is the unheralded great of the contingent.

Some of the contingent worked as observers overseeing recounts.

That led Mr Gould to muse on the contingent nature of life.

"There is no guarantee this would pass, given the contingent liabilities involved," he wrote.

The contingent of preteen cast members helps gloss over the material's shortcomings.

Manager Bruce Bochy led the contingent in a Rolls-Royce, championship trophy raised high.

It will still take some time before the contingent capital theory converts into reality.

Mayor Pringle defended the contingent fee arrangement, saying that it saved the city money.

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