contingent
/kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt/ adjective C2- Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
- Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur. · The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he cannot control.· a contingent estate
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- Temporary. · contingent labor· contingent worker
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Her presence alongside a rugged contingent of explorers served as an immediate and universally recognized emblem of peaceful intentions.
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