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Example sentences for: contingency

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The test, which was organized by the agency's contingency planning group, proved extremely successful in identifying plan weaknesses and in dramatically sensitizing employees to the value of anticipating and being prepared for such events.
The paper reports that in general, the states are reacting conservatively, plowing most of the found money into tax cuts, schools, and contingency funds.
The chain quickly devised a contingency plan, which included pulling ads from Saturday morning kids shows, point-of-purchase signs advising parents to consider the content of the movie before deciding to take their kids, and trade-ins for Mr. Potato Head.
Put another way, based on the evidence the Postal Service put on the record during rebuttal hearings as recently as this past August 30th, in the absence of the occurrence of unforeseen events costing more than---the portion of the full $1 billion contingency earned when new rates are implemented in January, $600 million, the Service should do quite well with what we recommend.
Nevertheless, I think the Governors should be quite happy with a billion dollar contingency since, after all, at the board meeting---at least some of the Governors apparently did not even know there was a contingency provision.