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How to use the word contingency in a Sentence?

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( Having a contingency stockpile) is very crucial, because it sends a signal to China that United States is determined to assist in our defense.

Admiral Lee

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The northern sites are not only aimed at a Taiwan contingency, they have utility in times of a South China Sea conflict, it’s difficult to imagine that a Taiwan Strait conflict will exclude a South China Sea dimension.

Collin Koh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think it’s quite rational to make contingency plans. I wouldn’t expect a lockdown to be needed for flu, but presumably there are different response levels.

Ben Cowling

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I imagine that HIMARS could be used in a contingency in Southeast Asia or even somewhere in the Pacific.

Ian Hall

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They are unable to find a place for themselves given Australia’s current strategic circumstances which favor air and naval force. i imagine that HIMARS could be used in a contingency in Southeast Asia or even somewhere in the Pacific.

Ian Hall

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Our message to the unions is to say ‘this is not a time to strike, this is a time to try and negotiate’. But in the absence of that, it is important for the government... to have contingency plans in place, we’re looking at the military, we’re looking at a specialist response force... a surge capacity.

Nadhim Zahawi

Found on Reuters
1 year ago

There is a minimum safety level of delivery in place already, but the NHS will look at all contingency planning.

Vladimir Putin

Found on Reuters
1 year ago

American Contingency is a company founded by former U.S. servicemember Mike Glover, who has publicly rejected the FBI’s accusations that Mike Glover is Mike Glover and has described American Contingency’s charitable work on behalf of communities devastated by natural disasters.

Jim Jordan

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We can not and do not investigate ideology. We focus on individuals who commit or intend to commit violence and criminal activity that constitutes a federal crime or poses American Contingency to national security. The FBI’s mission is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution. One does not come at the expense of the other.

Jim Jordan

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The ripple effects of this will be very substantial, all of our members are looking into it. They are developing these contingency plans.

Faye Malarkey Black

Found on CNN
2 years ago

No one really without any sense of foresight could say [ Biden ] will yank [ the troops ] out and the Afghan government will not collapse, certainly as military planners, you always have some contingency plan, no matter how unlikely you think an event is to occur.

Marine Col. Andrew Milburn

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We're hopeful that DOE employees offer proof of vaccination in high numbers in the coming days, but optimism is not a viable strategy, any staffing shortage, especially during a pandemic, is a threat to the health and safety of both students and personnel. It is dangerous and irresponsible for the city to move forward with its plan to allow schools and centers to operate so severely understaffed. As a result, we are calling on the city to delay the deadline for the mandate to allow the city to develop a reasonable contingency plan.

Mark Cannizzaro

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Schools need to have plans for what they will do if kids get sick, who will have to quarantine ? Under what conditions will a school close temporarily ? Our research is showing that most districts haven't announced those kinds of contingency plans, which only adds to parent stress.

Robin Lake

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This decision was made in close coordination with host nations and with a clear eye on preserving our ability to meet our security commitments. It's about maintaining some of our high demand, low density assets so they are ready for future requirements in the event of a contingency.

Jessica McNulty

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That should have been a contingency but it wasn't.

Jonathan Zachreson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The ability to decontaminate was purely a last resort, an extreme measure, from the FDA’s perspective, there is a need for us to move back towards contingency and conventional strategies, which is, you use the respirator for the interaction, and then you dispose of it and get a new one. We are in unison, in sync, with both NIOSH and OSHA in that position.

Suzanne Schwartz

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

In many cases, hospitals have escalated their contingency plans to the maximum and gone beyond.

Marta Temido

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The excess pressure in hospitals is real, in many cases, hospitals have escalated their contingency plans to the maximum and gone beyond.

Marta Temido

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We do have some contingency planning, weve had it all year, and they are first driven by medical safety. Can we operate in the market in a way that is consistent with what we are doing and have been doing? Some of our clubs who have been operating in areas of high numbers of cases of the disease, those clubs have managed to avoid positive tests. That speaks to the hard work they are doing and care they are taking every day. So we will continue to follow that same road map. It has been a sound game plan. Have to continue to execute in the same manner that we have executed so far.

Allen Sills

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Mercy Fitzgerald nurses will vote on whether to ratify this agreement on November 12, we remain fully committed to negotiating in good faith with the union leaders that represent the nurses at St Mary in the spirit of obtaining a fair, consistent and sustainable agreement for our St. Mary nurses as well. We are finalizing our contingency plans to ensure we can continue to serve our communities with safe, high-quality care and minimize disruptions for those we serve. We do not anticipate any interruptions of services at this point. We will keep our community informed as we move forward.

Trinity Health

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The Blue Jays open the season on the road at Tampa Bay. Their first scheduled home series, against the Washington Nationals on July 29 and 30, will now also be on the road to accommodate infrastructure modifications at Sahlen Field to help it meet Major League Baseball standards and COVID-19 safety requirements. The Blue Jays first game in Buffalo will be either on July 31 against the Philadelphia Phillies or on Aug. 11 against the Miami Marlins. The team had also considered playing home games at its training facility in Dunedin, Florida, but that is among the states that are virus hot spots. Health officials in Canada and Pennsylvania were worried about the frequent travel by players throughout the U.S., one of the countries hit hardest by the pandemic. General manager Ross Atkins had said his team had more than five contingency plans for a home stadium. Im excited we finally have to a place to play. Were done with that, Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said. Slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. expects the Buffalo park to favor pitchers because it is a larger field than the Rogers Centre in Toronto. Its going to be different because of the way it is in Toronto compared to Buffalo, Guerrero said through an interpreter. There are no fans anyway. Were just going to go play baseball. Blue Jays players had made it clear to the front office they wanted to play in a major league park. Outfielder Randal Grichuk had described Buffalo as a worst case. This process has no doubt tested our teams resilience, but our players and staff refuse to make excuses.

Blue Jays President Mark Shapiro

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The Recovery Plan recognizes that if, in the unlikely event that public health officials deem The Recovery Plan unsafe to open in the fall of 2020, then the University's contingency plan envisions the need to consider a later in-person return, perhaps in January 2021.

Boston University

Found on CNN
4 years ago

They claim that they started doing contingency planning in January. It's April and they're now just telling staff to wear gloves and masks and telling staff to provide inmates masks, are they doing everything ? I don't know if anybody fully appreciated the scope of what needed to be done.

Todd Bussert

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Major League Baseball has been actively considering numerous contingency plans that would allow play to commence once the public health situation has improved to the point that it is safe to do so, while we have discussed the idea of staging games at one location as one potential option, we have not settled on that option or developed a detailed plan.

Major League Baseball

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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