under certain circumstances
idiom
: in some special cases
The contract can be extended under certain circumstances.
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Courts generally view these reports with skepticism but will allow allegations relying on the reports to move past the pleading stage under certain circumstances.
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Tim Reynolds, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
To date, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New Mexico and Virginia have individually taken action to expand COVID vaccine access by allowing pharmacists to administer the vaccine under certain circumstances.
—Jaimie Seaton, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2025
But under certain circumstances—when using some shades of gray as your background or an image that's dark in some areas but light in others—macOS will still draw an extremely subtle drop-shadow underneath the menu bar area to maintain legibility.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Fixed a bug where Executor could not use pre-inputs for actions after deflecting an enemy attack with the Cursed Sword under certain circumstances.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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Tim Reynolds, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
To date, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New Mexico and Virginia have individually taken action to expand COVID vaccine access by allowing pharmacists to administer the vaccine under certain circumstances.
—Jaimie Seaton, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2025
But under certain circumstances—when using some shades of gray as your background or an image that's dark in some areas but light in others—macOS will still draw an extremely subtle drop-shadow underneath the menu bar area to maintain legibility.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Fixed a bug where Executor could not use pre-inputs for actions after deflecting an enemy attack with the Cursed Sword under certain circumstances.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Under certain circumstances.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20certain%20circumstances. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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