- plural of situation.
situations
Example Sentences
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“The Constitution is an enduring document,” wrote Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, but its rules and meaning must adjust to “modern situations that were unknown or unanticipated by the Constitution’s Framers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
"Generations of animals have grown up finding food of high nutritional value more easily near residential areas. We are heading, with mathematical certainty, towards more unpleasant situations," Karamanlidis said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
We tell ourselves this stuff should be limited, that replay must only be used for specific situations, but we never limit it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Not only are we treating the acute situations on the ground of people that are sick, we are helping them build the capacity and the capability to do this for themselves."
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
He smiled hopefully, and I glanced over at Twig, because she was the one who usually started talking in awkward situations, but she’d turned pink and was busying herself by picking apart a marshmallow.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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