under the circumstances

Idioms  

1. Also, in the circumstances. Given these conditions, such being the case, as in Under the circumstances we can't leave Mary out. This idiom uses circumstance in the sense of “a particular situation,” a usage dating from the late 1300s. It may also be modified in various ways, such as under any circumstances meaning “no matter what the situation,” as in We'll phone her under any circumstances; under no circumstances, meaning “in no case, never,” as in Under no circumstances may you smoke; under any other circumstances, meaning “in a different situation,” as in I can't work under any other circumstances; and under the same circumstances, meaning “given the same situation,” as in Under the same circumstances anyone would have done the same.

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Example Sentences

Kloza at Gulf Oil said he’s been “flabbergasted” by the stock market’s continuing bull run under the circumstances.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Spanberger, Pelosi and Buttigieg did what they could under the circumstances.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

But under the circumstances, Miniutti had nothing but admiration for the mountain staff for keeping the run open despite the seemingly impossible weather.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

The report said this was done "to prevent further harm" and that the decision to do so "was reasonable under the circumstances".

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2025

I’m teamed up with the sad-faced Rosalie and our leader, Maddy, whose sullenness, under the circumstances, is almost a relief after Liza’s relentless good cheer.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Related Words

• appropriately
• correspondingly
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• proportionately
• respectively
• subsequently
• therefore
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