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perforce

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


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But such moments aren’t perforce life-altering, and the partners and faculty members weren’t actually wielding the authority of a deity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Even people’s pets were bought up, or perforce left behind.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 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

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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