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state of affairs
noun as in ball of wax
noun as in condition
Strong matches
noun as in situation
noun as in state
Strongest match
Strong matches
- accompaniment
- attitude
- capacity
- category
- chances
- character
- circumstance
- circumstances
- contingency
- element
- environment
- essential
- estate
- event
- eventuality
- fix
- footing
- form
- humor
- imperative
- juncture
- limitation
- mood
- nature
- occasion
- occurrence
- outlook
- pass
- phase
- plight
- position
- posture
- predicament
- prerequisite
- proviso
- reputation
- requirement
- shape
- situation
- spirits
- stand
- standing
- station
- status
- stipulation
- time
- welfare
Weak match
noun as in status quo
Example Sentences
That is the state of affairs Donald Trump would like to produce with respect to the federal cases against him, which special counsel Jack Smith has developed in painstaking detail over the last two years.
Chelsea are now odds-on favourites to win the entire tournament with the bookmakers, a remarkable state of affairs at this early stage of the competition.
It is a surreal state of affairs: a legal system that has decided Letby is a serial killer - and a debate outside that questions her guilt.
Fortunately, Eric Roberts got wise to this state of affairs well before anyone else did, even before we binged TV shows as a source of pride.
Perhaps more importantly, polls also indicate voters are deeply unhappy with the current state of affairs.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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