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perforce

[per-fawrs, -fohrs] / pərˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs /


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Kirsten Menger-Anderson’s new book, “The Expert of Subtle Revisions,” does just that, while exploring the way history is perforce affected by how it is told and who does the telling.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 14, 2025

Methane is a carbon-based molecule, so many of the ingredients for life are perforce there.

From Scientific American Jul. 6, 2023

Doing so, perforce, would also crush the rebels’ claim that the national government was powerless to halt slavery’s growth and commence its extinction.

From New York Times Oct. 6, 2020

And even when there is, it would tell you nothing, because the same number of people, perforce, bought.

From Washington Post Feb. 9, 2018

Mr. Wickham’s happiness and her own were perforce delayed a little longer, and Mr. Collins’s proposal accepted with as good a grace as she could.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen




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