circumstantial
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“If ‘Job’ isn’t funny at all, and there’s no circumstantial humor, then it’s one-note.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
It may be too much of a stretch to tie all these pieces of circumstantial evidence together to make a solid case for Rinderknecht’s prosecution, said Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Instead, it is wholly contingent and circumstantial, defined by what serves his own self-interest and corrupt needs and wants at any given moment.
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026
But as it stands that remains a feeling - circumstantial evidence at best - and the first minister's denials were categorical.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
Most of those reports were a nightmare--grotesque, circumstantial, eager and untrue.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Vocabulary lists containing circumstantial
The Great Gatsby
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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