circumstance
Example Sentences
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“The Wreck of the Mentor” makes for less-guilty adventure reading, depicting a scenario where the odds were leveled by circumstance.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Somewhere out of sight were the Met's new SandCat armoured vehicles, which officers said were only there for circumstance where officers were confronted by "extreme violence".
From BBC • May 16, 2026
"The Ship movement is merely meant to free up people, companies, and Countries that have done absolutely nothing wrong -- They are victims of circumstance."
From Barron's • May 3, 2026
And since losses from some of those shorts could be unlimited, the covering of those positions could trigger a stampede of buying, a circumstance known on Wall Street as a short squeeze.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
“It is a circumstance which Darcy could not wish to be generally known, because if it were to get round to the lady’s family, it would be an unpleasant thing.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Vocabulary lists containing circumstance
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Around and Around: Circum
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Excerpt from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
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