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- noun Plural form of
exigence .
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Examples
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Im surprised of the way that Hollywood studios are working, taking care of the little details in order to satisfy the exigences of the more incomformist comic fans.
Captain America Will Be Cast Soon, Is Iron Man 2 a Hulk Prequel? | /Film 2010
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We are able, by our senses, to know and distinguish things: and to examine them so far as to apply them to our uses, and several ways to accommodate the exigences of this life.
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That is something I always expect, as by default, from journalistic writings, but I tend to have higher exigences with language professionals.
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'On n'a jamais peint les exigences de la gueule': the crude, sardonic introduction to the character of le cousin Pons serves Balzac himself.
Balzac the Great Pritchett, V.S. 1966
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Elle est non moins desirable et non mains necessaire pour faire face aux exigences du present, pour les besoins de cette vie de tons les fours qui est, au siecle actuel peut-etre plus que jamais dans le passe, chargee de presages pour l'avenir proche et lointain.
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The current money of the province, stamped for answering its public exigences, was, at the request of the merchants of London, cried down and cancelled.
An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 Alexander Hewatt
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To answer the public exigences of the province, large emissions of paper currency were also requisite.
An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 Alexander Hewatt
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The blooming-season, according to the exigences of weather, begins from May
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Similar historical relations and similar national exigences of the time bind us to Italy.
William of Germany Stanley Shaw
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Owing to the exigences of space, weighing-scales and pumps are included in the agricultural building, and the exhibition of Fairbanks &
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Various
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