circumstance
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Zambada’s attorney has sought to paint a more complex portrait of his client, describing him in a sentencing memo as a product of circumstance from a difficult upbringing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
So we have to be ready for that circumstance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
A win for the ages, simply because of the circumstance in which it was constructed.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
All they asked for was for their school to make an individualized assessment as to whether they could fairly play with their friends and classmates given their specific medical circumstance.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
In deciding which style to use in a given circumstance, it is decorum that shapes your choice.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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On the other hand, the adviser’s perspective is that there are simply too many moving parts today, and that flexibility will likely produce better decisions as circumstances unfold.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
TPS provides protection from deportation for people from countries designated as unsafe because of war, natural disasters or other extraordinary circumstances.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Earlier this month, the South African authorities confirmed the death of another Nigerian in June under similar circumstances.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
For example, if tax circumstances allow, they might sell some of the Eli Lilly position at little or no capital-gains tax, making that another potential funding source.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
“We shall explain the circumstances of our household,” she said over a thimble.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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According to the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause, “all persons similarly circumstanced shall be treated alike.”
From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021
Asian Americans and Latinos overstaying a visa are similarly circumstanced; however, a blind driver or a ten-year-old driver is differently circumstanced than a sighted, adult driver.
From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021
The moderately circumstanced pay according to their means.
From Time Magazine Archive
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While waiting for them to speak, the picturesque career of handsome, well-groomed Mr. Cortelyou was envisioned by many of his intimates to those not so circumstanced.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The plunder had been startlingly circumstanced, but its issue had been all I could have hoped.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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