circumstance
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As long as the value isn’t further destroyed through other problematic acquisitions, our investment should do well under almost any circumstance.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
Even the rare circumstance of a tie was handled expertly by live-action-short award presenter Kumail Nanjiani, never bringing to mind the immortal confusion of “Moonlight” vs.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
If nothing he has done, at least so far, is likely to rival the outbreak of World War I, that’s the result of chance and circumstance more than anything else.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
Moreover, King just thinks it’s bad form for a cruise line to bump a passenger involuntarily — no matter the circumstance.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 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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