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Can we use contingency to express we are busy with something? Is it common?

Like for example:

I have a few contingencies but I'll be free in a month.

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    Usually commitment(s) is used to express being busy. You could say "I will have a busy month contingent on whether we can get our funding," but it means your busy-ness is conditional on something else
    – Peter
    Apr 22, 2016 at 16:40
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    I think to express exactly what you mean there you should probably say I have a few issues arising but I'll be free in a month. This would make it clear that the things you need to deal with (this month) weren't known about until a short time ago (they're unforeseen "contingencies"). Apr 22, 2016 at 17:10

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You can't use contingency for something that you know you will be busy with.

A contingency is some thing that may happen, or may not. So it's not so much "I will be busy" as "I might be busy".

You might say

I am definitely busy for the next three weeks: allowing for contingencies, let's say a month. I should be free after that.

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