contingency plan
Americannoun
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a course of action to be followed if a preferred plan fails or an existing situation changes.
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a plan or procedure that will take effect if an emergency occurs; emergency plan.
Example Sentences
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You also need a contingency plan if something — God forbid — ever happened to your son and he predeceased you.
From MarketWatch
The Journal reported in January that John Rogers, the powerful Goldman executive who brought Ruemmler into the bank, told a few close associates he was putting together a contingency plan in which she would leave later this year.
The bank denied the Journal’s reporting in January that a top Goldman executive told a few close associates he was formulating a contingency plan in which Ruemmler would leave later this year.
The Journal also reported that John Rogers, the powerful Goldman executive who brought Ruemmler into the bank, told a few close associates he was putting together a contingency plan in which she would leave later this year.
But by the same token, sources have told BBC Sport that work towards a contingency plan in the event they make a decision they really don't want to make illustrates the precarity of Frank's position.
From BBC
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