Synonyms for circumstances
cir·cum·stances

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1. fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portionnoun

   your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

   "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, fortune, fate, peck, mint, band, plenty, lot, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, portion, parcel, dowry, spate, muckle, mass, constituent, pile, share, good deal, stack, chance, luck, destiny, deal, serving, dowery, dower, percentage, caboodle, hazard, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, component, slew, heap, mess, part, bunch, sight, mountain, draw, helping, component part, set, great deal, pot, circle

2. circumstancesnoun

   a person's financial situation (good or bad)

   "he found himself in straitened circumstances"

   Synonyms:
   luck, portion, fortune, destiny, fate, lot

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1. • Condition
   • Possession

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1. circumstancesnoun

   Synonyms:
   situation, condition, position, state of affairs, pecuniary standing

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1. List of paraphrases for "circumstances":

   conditions, situations, cases, situation, circumstance, case, instances, contexts, facts

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1. Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk:

   We may not be able to conclusively determine the circumstances of this bear attack but we will not risk public safety.

2. Scott Stringer:

   Look, in New York City, this is playing out in so many families. And I got to tell you, you know, President Donald Trump has blood on President Donald Trump hands, and President Donald Trump has my mom's blood on President Donald Trump hands, this is something that is just outrageous. And so it's very tough to mourn under these circumstances.

3. Elisabeth Caesens:

   Congolese authorities have canceled fully operational projects in the past in less troubling circumstances.

4. Major League Baseball:

   Given the current circumstances, Major League Baseball believes that it is most prudent to allow the Eleven Marlins time to focus on providing care for their players and planning their Baseball Operations for a resumption early next week.

5. George Bernard Shaw:

   The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.