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. Tabios Darden:

   Im proud to say I had the honor to coach him. I wish I had the words to express to his family but under these circumstances I dont.

2. Idaho Dennis Lockhart:

   The more extreme characterizations of hawks and doves, where the implication is that participants on the committee want to go in entirely different directions at any given point in time ... that is not the current set of circumstances, the committee is much tighter in its array of opinion, and the differences between points of view are more nuanced and more related to sooner versus a little later on questions of policy.

3. Jack Hanna:

   Animal rights activists believe all animals, including your dog or cat, should have the same rights as people and be free; therefore they shouldn’t be in human care under any circumstances.

4. Frank Pavone:

   That prohibition doesn't change based on circumstances, so couples have a responsibility to live according to the church's teachings in whatever circumstances they find themselves.

5. Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning:

   The statements on any recording or communications that Al Jazeera plans to air are absolutely false and incorrect, to be clear, I am recanting any such statements and there is no truth to any statement of mine that Al Jazeera plans to air. Under no circumstances should any of those recordings, statements or communications be aired.