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circumstance

[sur-kuhm-stans, -stuhns] / ˈsɜr kəmˌstæns, -stəns /


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Home Depot’s example is of course a different circumstance, but it serves as a reminder for other companies, underscoring the importance of having solid succession plans in place.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

In that circumstance, whether she makes her husband’s children whole — if you agree that his children should have a slice of the pie — would depend on her largesse.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 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

While this circumstance is horribly unfortunate for them, it does create important opportunities for a multiracial, bottom-up resistance movement, one in which people of all races can claim a clear stake.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Martin described Gen Z as one of the first generations in recent memory to come of age facing markedly tighter economic circumstances.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

In light of the current circumstances, an increase of four-tenths of a percentage point in inflation due to the AI boom is no small matter.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

The American psychologist promised the probe would look into the "circumstances" of Arday's appointment and his time in post that would include academics from "beyond Cambridge".

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

The health board said it was "investigating the circumstances" of the alleged breach that happened in a clinical area where staff access patient information.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

It was one of the biggest rules of Glitching: you could not, under any circumstances, accidentally become a Butterfly.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

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

For Polo, Seilan was "for its size, better circumstanced than any island in the world."

From Time Magazine Archive

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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