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the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
the present international situation is dangerous
wondered how such a state of affairs had come about
eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation
How To Use state of affairs In A Sentence
- Warner wrote from Egypt expressing sympathy for their unfurnished state of affairs, but added, "I would rather fit out three houses and fill them with furniture than to fit out one 'dahabiyeh'. Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete
- Ten years ago I would have said that this sad state of affairs was irremediable, at least for the immediate future.
- One must guard against the misinterpretation of this term impoverishment as compared with the state of affairs which would have developed in the absence of credit expansion and the boom. Is Something Better Than Nothing?
- He also commented on the depressing state of affairs concerning preservation of blaxploitation pics, with something like 200 of the 270+ films he cataloged from the era being unavailable (at least without some serious digging).
- Some of the professors at a local university are distraught over the state of affairs here.
- If complementizer phrases denote propositions or possible states of affairs, then it is reasonable to assume that being good simpliciter is being a good state of affairs, and hence that it is a special case of attributive good. Value Theory
- This determinateness of arrangement is the structure of a state of affairs.
- Such a state of affairs provides the seller with a unique opportunity to exploit the relatively weak bargaining position of the investor.
- One calendar year up to 31 December, 1996 was selected to show the pre-computerisation state of affairs.
- I use the word in its connotation of an unimpaired or uncorrupted state of affairs.
