(1) "We could only envy those few French, Canadian, and British nationals of our acquaintance who had managed― per force of their country’s early diplomatic recognition of Mao’s government―to penetrate the Chinese veil." (2) "Amateurs, perforce , have to settle for less expensive solutions." (3) "We must, perforce , deal with this issue immediately, as procrastination is not an option." Most usages I have seen of the word 'perform' use it to express the sense of "necessarily," "without any option," "with a choice" etc., as in examples (2) and (3). But I have recently come across example (1) where the word (note that the author wrote 'per force,' not 'perforce' - I am not 100% sure if the two are the same or if it's a typo) means...
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