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Exigency
Pronunciation: Exee-gensee
Meaning: Noun. Urgent demand.
Plural. Exigencies
Example: “Financial exigency meant that she worked for longer hours.”
Etymology: From Latin Exigentia, from Exigere meaning ‘enforce’.
Similar words: Need. Urgency
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