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. Kazue Muta:

   Under such circumstances, changing society's recognition of sexual violence is not an easy thing to do, however, we must say these things loudly and boldly.

2. Vivek Murthy:

   I think our goal should be – is to get to a place where we can pull back on these types of restrictions … as quickly as possible and as safely as possible, and in that process there will be, I think, a very important role that states and localities play in tailoring the approach based on their individual community circumstances.

3. Police Chief Charles Kimble:

   I don't see where Officer Reynaldo Contreras could have done anything else. I saw an officer try to handle a call, de-escalate a call, given the same set of circumstances, I just don't know what else we could do.

4. Troy Olsson:

   Vanishing delivery vehicles could extend military and civilian operational capabilities in extenuating circumstances where currently there is no means to provide additional support.

5. Michael Bilello:

   To help support our employee's during the 35 days of the lapse in funding, TSA processed partial payments to its frontline employees. Coincidentally, the payment was processed on the very same day the partial shutdown ended. Of the 60,000 employees, unfortunately, 2 % have experienced pay discrepancies, this partial payment was complicated by a payroll process that goes from TSA to the National Finance Center( National Finance Center). TSA leadership assumed this risk and made the best decision given the circumstances and information at the time. TSA has contacted employees with known issues to ensure they are resolved.