circumstance
Example Sentences
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Second, they believed that financial fortunes were made and unmade, above all else, by circumstance, meaning that defaults did not tar someone’s financial reputation for life.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 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
However, the pomp and circumstance of the signing, as well as the limited material consequences of the order has left those working for psychedelic reform divided on how to think about it.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
Jo Boydell, CEO of Travelodge, said: "I apologise to all of those people that have had a frightening circumstance."
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
That men would die was a matter of necessity; which men would die, though, was a matter of circumstance, and Yossarian was willing to be the victim of anything but circumstance.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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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