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. Charles Barkley:

   I'm from the South, whooping is, we do that all the time. Every black parent in the South is going to be in jail under those circumstances.

2. World Vision Geeta Bandi-Phillips:

   Those children are still being left behind (in terms of development). What we need to make sure is that new SDGs ... address those children more, (the ones) who are a lot more difficult to reach, it will cost a lot more money. The intention (of the SDGs) is to go to help those children in the most difficult circumstances in fragile states .... but those (goals) need active political commitments and resources.

3. Jerry Falwell Sr.:

   It just blows my mind when I see that the president of the United States [ says ] that the answer to circumstances like United States is more gun control.

4. Sudarshan Suchi:

   Before the pandemic, under normal circumstances, there were more than 2 million children in distress as such on any day on the streets, if anything in the pandemic it could only go worse, not better.

5. Riggi Clink:

   They’ve done a fantastic job, especially under the circumstances, there’s so many people who do not respect wearing the mask. I can’t imagine.