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[ US /ˈɛksɪdʒənt/ ]
[ UK /ɛɡzˈa‍ɪd‍ʒənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. demanding attention
    regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous
    clamant needs
    insistent hunger
    a crying need
    an instant need
  2. requiring precise accuracy
    became more exigent over his pronunciation
    an exacting job

How To Use exigent In A Sentence

  • BELL: Now, under the law, police may enter a home without knocking if certain so-called exigent circumstances exist. CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2008
  • If the jury feels that the law under which the defendant is accused, is unjust, or that exigent circumstances justified the actions of the accused, or for any reason which appeals to their logic of passion, the jury has the power to acquit, and the courts must abide by that decision. Bête Voir
  • A proper respect for the laws that Congress does enact-as well as the inalienable right to liberty-prohibits this court from rewriting the law, no matter how exigent the circumstances.
  • In my view, this falls within the exception permitting warrantless seizure in exigent circumstances.
  • The figures suggested by Trives are grossly inflated and completely unrealistic having regard to the exigent circumstances.
  • Yet in his statement Bush said he will "construe" an exception, "which provides for opening of an item of a class of mail otherwise sealed against inspection in a manner consistent ... with the need to conduct searches in exigent circumstances. BUSH ON CRACK AND SUPERVIAGRA: THE POSTAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENHANCEMENT ACT
  • These so-called exigent letters, which were often used when no emergency actually existed, were an extralegal contrivance that violated ECPA, bureau policy, and guidelines issued by the attorney general. Reason Magazine
  • Well, that is very similar to the situation of the cop who hears screams from a house and doesn’t have time to go get a warrant †it’s called exigent circumstances and it can authorize action without a warrant in those kind of pressing circumstances. Firedoglake » Out of Control
  • The inspector general's previous reports concluded the FBI's use of the so-called exigent letters circumvented the requirements of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and violated the attorney general's guidelines and FBI policy. Breaking News - The Post Chronicle
  • Y es que Conversaciones sobre Historia cuenta con un público muy fiel, y al mismo tiempo muy exigente, que constantemente hace preguntas sobre lo que Garciadiego está platicando. Javier Garciadiego: conversando sobre Historia.
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