exigency


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Synonyms for exigency

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Synonyms for exigency

the condition of being in need of immediate assistance

a condition in which something necessary or desirable is required or wanted

something asked for or needed

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Synonyms for exigency

a pressing or urgent situation

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a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

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2005) (holding no bad faith where no realistic opportunity to procure warrant before exigency prompted search).
With that recognition, the exigency to search for the truth is conceived as inherently social.
In analyzing the contracts, I pay special attention to concepts that inform the literature on retrenchment: financial exigency and shared governance.
Napipilitian sila minsan nagha-hire ng additional employees nang wala sa kanilang plantilla to meet an exigency (But basically that is the situation.
Military exigency and seriously ill or injured service member leave: These leave events are covered under FMLA only and not OFLA.
The National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008 expanded the FMLA by creating two new military family leave entitlements--namely, the qualifying exigency leave category and the military caregiver leave category.
The exigency of elections must not deprive a leader of common sense.
SB 1571 seeks to amend Article 83 of the Labor Code by making an exception to the standard eight-hour work a day when the exigency of business operations requires the adoption of a mutually agreed voluntary work arrangement between the employer and the employee.
Highlighting exigency of Chinese Language at the fast-emerging Mirpur district of AJK, the centre of the forthcoming Special Economic Zone (SEZ) under the CPEC, Qaiser Ayaz, the Chief Executive Officer of M/S EXCELENCIA and Inam Shareef Chattar, Chief Coordinator introduced and accentuated leading role being played by their institution in AJK for human development in general and grooming young professionals enabling them to become productive and effective citizens and professionals of Pakistan in particular.
Highlighting the exigency of Chinese Language at the fast-emerging Mirpur district of AJK, the centre of the forthcoming Special Economic Zone (SEZ) under the CPEC, Qaiser Ayaz, the Chief Executive Officer of M/S EXCELENCIA and Inam Shareef Chattar, Chief Coordinator introduced and accentuated the leading role being played by their institution in AJK for the human development in general and for grooming young professionals enabling them to become productive and effective citizens and professionals of Pakistan in particular.
However, it noted that additional compensation 'may not be claimed for work that will be rendered in the exigency of the service' on Wednesday.
Quoting Section 80 of the 1999 constitution and its stipulations on how money accurable to the federation account should be spent, he Ubani however said it was up to the National Assembly to accept or reject the explanation by the federal government that the funds were withdrawn as a matter of exigency.
Once referred to as the gentleman's game, today's cricket seems to be losing its sheen to the shortest format of the game known as 'Twenty-Twenty.' To me, the rise of T-20 should rather be seen as a disservice to cricket that is now ruled by commercialism and is being exploited at the hands of corporate vultures and greedy players, making the most of exigency required in the shortest game format.