Thesaurus results for PREDICAMENTS

predicaments

noun

plural of predicament

as in dilemmas

a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape if you had told the truth in the first place, we wouldn't be in this predicament

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Recent Examples of predicaments Journeys that used to take entire seasons were being covered in single episodes, characters survived predicaments that once meant surefire death, and previously relevant factors like supplies, infrastructure, and alliances no longer mattered. —

Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026 Victorian novels made good use of the predicaments of second and third sons, who had to become ministers or soldiers or schemers, and daughters who needed to be married off according to age. —

Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 Winning from behind is not sustainable, and the predicaments in which Chelsea have found themselves this week point to other problems. —

Liam Twomey, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026 Rustin has slyly given her script a focus on women’s needs and feelings, a welcome departure for a genre that usually is more concerned about the men’s predicaments. —

Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026 Brooks’s screenplay makes ample space to dump praise upon its protagonist while bemoaning her many predicaments. —

David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025 But this is just one of the many predicaments of writing memoir. —

Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025 Pakistan Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said his nation was hoping for more of a consensus going into Tuesday’s vote given the funding predicaments and operational issues that have dogged the MSS. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025 Is River in desperate need of some R&R, or is everyone else projecting their own predicaments onto him? —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025

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Noun

To help resolve these dilemmas, European industry leaders are calling for government support, including subsidies and tax breaks, to level the playing field with Chinese competitors whose products come at unbeatable prices.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Readers send Miss Manners not only their table and party questions, but those involving the more complicated aspects of life - romance, work, family relationships, child-rearing, death - as well as philosophical and moral dilemmas.

— Judith Martin, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026