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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

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

From Scientific American • Jul. 6, 2023

Elizabeth II was perforce a kind of cipher, less a personality than a series of roles, a virtually voiceless princess, a daughter, wife, mother, and at last queen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2023

Any excerpt, though, will perforce be more satisfying than the sum of this musical’s busy parts.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2022

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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