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extenuating circumstances

noun as in vindication

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And while a famously in-therapy character like Tony Soprano had certain, let’s say, extenuating circumstances keeping him tied to his therapist, Dr. Melfi, finding an analyst you click with on the first try is unusual, and seeing a character break it off with their psychologist is even more infrequent.

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Your mother could alter the terms of her will, and decide to divide the home equally between her children or, given the extenuating circumstances, even resolve to cut her youngest child out of her will altogether.

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The mortgage agreement for the Arizona property required them to occupy the home as their “principal residence” for at least a year, barring “extenuating circumstances” or the lender allowing them to violate the stipulation.

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Swansea University students can access a carers passport to help facilitate reasonable adjustments and extenuating circumstances.

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There were, though, extenuating circumstances.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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