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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur",
"word": "contingente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur",
"word": "avhängig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur",
"word": "villkorlig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur",
"word": "beroende"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur",
"word": "bağlı"
}
],
"word": "contingent"
}
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