The fortune of the interstitial military groups waxed and waned, for the exigencies of warfare were considerably high.
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Exigencies
Synonyms for "exigencies" (9 found)
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6 entriesbudgetary exigencydiscursive exigencyoperational exigencypolicy exigencyrhetorical exigencysecurity exigency
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6 entriesbudgetary exigencyemergency situationexigent circumstancesfinancial exigencypressing needurgent need
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Translators are the sworn enemies of jokes; the exigencies of their deplorable trade cause them to maul the poor little things about while they are putting them into new clothes, and the result is death, or at the least an appearance of vacuous senescence; but jokes are only the crystallization of humour; it exists also in less tangible forms, such as style and all that collection of effects vaguely lumped together and called "atmosphere."
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