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<word lex_id="0">situation<word/>
<word lex_id="0">state of affairs<word/>
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<def>the general state of things<def/>
<def>the combination of circumstances at a given time<def/>
<example>the present international situation is dangerous<example/>
<example>wondered how such a state of affairs had come about<example/>
<example author="Franklin D.Roosevelt">eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation<example/>
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