force of circumstance(s)
idiom
: conditions that cannot be controlled
Through/By force of circumstance(s), the company has had to lay off several hundred workers.
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Marxism has been discarded, although more by force of circumstances than conscious design, and the movement is still influenced by some Marxian reasoning; but, in general, Western Socialism has ceased to be class conscious and become reformist.
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Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
Whether by compulsion, force of circumstance or free will, the Mongol Empire drew many people from many lands.
—Nicholas Morton, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2023
Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
Whether by compulsion, force of circumstance or free will, the Mongol Empire drew many people from many lands.
—Nicholas Morton, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2023
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