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reason

[ree-zuhn] / ˈri zən /








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Despite these odds, many parents cite a possible college career as the main reason they are spending on baseball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Part of the reason the show moved to Abuja was to increase dialogue between industry and government, organisers said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

The consistent theme was that there was a reason for all of us to be using the personal A.I. agent.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

That’s another reason they have put off hiring.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

I leaned back against the mural, becoming part of the scene, waiting for my secret fries with a smile on my face for no reason.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

"Our main concern is his arrival won't be safe," she told AFP from Malaysia, requesting anonymity for security reasons after losing contact with her brother before the vessels set sail.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Cathy’s reasons for doing terrible things may be understandable, even relatable, while the transgression remains unforgivable.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Rodri's reasons for turning that interest down was footballing rather than personal.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

For reasons the report doesn’t explain, the paramedics squad operated independently and was not assigned to the fire incident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

They chatter about which part of town they’ve come from and the personal reasons that brought them here.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Writing for the majority, Justice Scalia reasoned that attaching the GPS device constituted such a tort and therefore fell within the scope of the Fourth Amendment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Amazon also could offset pressure on the advertising segment through other areas of the business, he reasoned, noting that any pressure would likely amount to a small fraction of overall revenue.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Actually, every two weeks, thanks to a recently approved initiative: “You guys get paid every two weeks by your employer,” he reasoned, “so why shouldn’t your assets pay you every two weeks?”

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Sher reasoned that Mountjoy had to make up his mind — stay in the Assembly or move to the Senate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

If the descent of species occurred as Darwin suggested, he reasoned, then the implication for human evolution was obvious.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Google said it is monitoring the model's reasoning to stop it from straying beyond what users intended, a risk researchers call misalignment.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

“We strongly encourage the rest of the industry to preserve reasoning transparency in these pivotal moments of increased capabilities while navigating alignment risks,” Google said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The flagship GPT-6 Astra agentic model was released in September and specialises in complex reasoning and executing tasks autonomously.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Carmen Balber, executive director of Consumer Watchdog, a Los Angeles advocacy group that co-sponsored both bills, disputed Newsom’s reasoning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

In part, the answer depends upon evolutionary reasoning.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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