Example Sentences

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"Metaphors such as fights and struggles are pretty normal. And he was talking about it contingently, wasn't he? He wasn't saying: 'Go out immediately.'"

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

It mattered that the characters in “Black Panther,” not to mention the film’s Afrofuturist vibe, were specifically and not contingently black.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2019

Both in Amazon facilities, and even more so in warehousing centers that handle Amazon freight, a large part of the workforce is often part-time or contingently employed through staffing agencies.

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2018

But most are only contingently his, until one or more ballots are completed.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2016

"Well, Sister Blanche, you is looking quite swanky, as a English gentleman at the Club is contingently saying."

From Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell