exigent
adjective.
Requiring immediate attention or action; urgent.
Example sentences containing exigent from English sources
At some point, we will have exigent circumstances that threaten the security of our democratic elections.
Washington Post
The question of whether exigent circumstances justified a warrantless search has two parts.
US Legal Opinions
However, officers may face exigent circumstances where deadly force is necessary.
Essays
Additionally, it helps free your customer care executives from basic repetitive tasks and leaves more time in their hands to handle complex exigent queries.
Medium Blog
Dealing with the "exigent circumstances" surrounding recovery from the hurricane took some time, Sullivan said.
Insurance Journal
It is why we call putting a needle in someone's arm a seizure that requires either probable cause or exigent circumstances, et cetera.
Reason Magazine
It is implied that the President has limited authority to act to defend our national interests in exigent circumstances.
The Hill
This question is all the more exigent because the physician stands at the crossroads of power, knowledge, and technology.
PubMed
Nobody told the sergeant, who after 20 minutes outside, decided the circumstances were exigent enough to force their way into the apartment.
ABC 15 Arizona
At issue is the university's reliance on parts of the union contract that allow for changes to the bargaining agreement in cases of "unforeseen, uncontrolled, catastrophic and exigent" circumstances.
Cleveland.com
The state contended that the officer had probable cause to arrest Mr. Lange and the hot pursuit created an exigent circumstance that justified a warrantless entry to the house.
Washington Times
Depression is a perfectly legitimate subject for fiction, of course, and who knows it's an exigent aspect of modern life.
Borneo Bulletin
In some cases, an umbrella law called the National Emergencies Act that regulates how presidents can use exigent power must be invoked to use another, setting up a complex cascade of effects.
NY Times
Freeman's only argument on this issue is that no exigent circumstances were present.
US Legal Opinions
And the State presented nothing which would support a finding of exigent circumstances.
US Legal Opinions
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