circumstance
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Some are capitalists, some are communists, but we’re all Cubans, divided by chance, circumstance and the sea.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
“Regardless of your economic circumstance, everybody wants to keep their cellphone on.”
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 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
A vicious cycle has become ingrained - a deprived area to which poor people are sent, or find their way to through circumstance, rather than choice.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
I never turned to bitterness, because she made sure I knew his absence was because of circumstance and not a lack of love.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
Vocabulary lists containing circumstance
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Around and Around: Circum
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