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circs

British  
/ sɜːks /

plural noun

  1. informal circumstances See circumstance

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The circs, as Bertie Wooster would put it, were quite banal.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2018

Thought was DM but in any circs wrong.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2013

Honestly, a whistle of relief seems like a bit of an understatement, given circs.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2010

Born in Dublin "in humble circs" but now a status-seeking New Canadian immigrant, Ginger daily imagines his ship will come in even while he founders at some bar.

From Time Magazine Archive

No grown-up person was present to make sensible remarks about not eating too much, which was a good or a bad thing "according to circs" as Jerry would say.

From The Happy Adventurers by Lydia Miller Middleton

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