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  • noun Plural form of contingent.

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Examples

  • There were big contingents from a number of unions; I picked out IUPAT, the Teachers; AFSCME, Sheet Metal Workers, the Nurses.

    Westerville: Part One - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • I should also note that among the students were large contingents from the women's soccer team and tennis team.

    Archive 2005-09-01 Richard Nokes 2005

  • I should also note that among the students were large contingents from the women's soccer team and tennis team.

    Painters needed! Richard Nokes 2005

  • One of the things I proposed is that we go slowly so as not to discredit the idea of contingents, which is a treasure that will provide decisive resources for promoting the country's development.

    Castro Construction Workers Day Speech 1990

  • The first contingent we created, the Blas Roca Contingent, did incredible things. [applause] The important thing is that the idea of contingents of construction workers spread and they are now found in all Cuban provinces.

    MAIN CEREMONY-30TH ANNIVERSARY OF CUBAN REVOLUT. 1989

  • The city of Birmingham alone, which has a population only slightly larger than Toronto, has given to the colours over 60,000 men, more than Canada will have in the fighting line when both our contingents are at the front.

    Democracy "Versus" Militarism 1915

  • Their strength was even less than was at first proposed; for, after the disaster at Casco, Massachusetts and Plymouth had recalled their contingents to defend their frontiers.

    Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV Francis Parkman 1858

  • HOLISTIC MEDICINE life, time, space, energy, matter are identified as contingents of multiplanar, multidimensional continuum, by a student of holistic medicine ..

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  • HOLISTIC MEDICINE life, time, space, energy, matter are identified as contingents of multiplanar, multidimensional continuum, by a student of holistic medicine ..

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  • HOLISTIC MEDICINE life, time, space, energy, matter are identified as contingents of multiplanar, multidimensional continuum, by a student of holistic medicine ..

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