under the circumstances

idiom

: in this specific situation

There is nothing we can do under the circumstances.

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The ratings were solid under the circumstances, but CFP title games are capable of so much more. —

Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025 The Court will ultimately need to decide if the comparison to a securities broker is fair for the DeFi ecosystem and if the obligations are, in fact, possible and reasonable under the circumstances. —

Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 Maye, under the circumstances, made a whole lot of lemonade against a defense that slowly came to strangle his running game (5.0 yards per carry in the first half, 3.2 yards allowed in the second). —

Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Nov. 2024 Suffice it to say that the Niners can’t run their best pass-game stuff under the circumstances. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for under the circumstances

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