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nounclarification; reason

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They may be accurate, or there may be a reasonable explanation for everything.

I CAN’T TRUST MY NEW CO-WORKER, AND I HAVE A LIST OF REASONS. HOW DO I TELL MANAGEMENT?KARLA MILLERFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Now, there could be several explanations for the absences this year.

WHY BIG TECH SAT OUT THE SUPER BOWLAARON PRESSMANFEBRUARY 8, 2021FORTUNE

McIlroy told reporters the PGA Tour was informed Monday that a course volunteer acknowledged stepping on his ball while looking for it in the rough, providing an explanation of how the ball might have become embedded after taking a bounce.

RORY MCILROY, PATRICK REED SITUATIONS NOW APPEAR VERY DIFFERENT WITH NEW INFORMATION FROM PGA TOURDES BIELERFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Bill Murray is Bill Murray — the best possible explanation for why he was nominated for “On the Rocks,” but not co-star Rashida Jones.

GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS 2021: ‘THE CROWN’ LEADS TV NOMINATIONS WHILE ‘MANK’ DOMINATES MOVIESEMILY YAHR, BETHONIE BUTLER, SONIA RAOFEBRUARY 3, 2021WASHINGTON POST

In explanation, administrators have pointed to the nation’s inability to contain the coronavirus pandemic, but another factor may have been outspoken advocacy from teachers’ associations, which have pushed for remote learning from the start.

VIRGINIA’S LARGEST SCHOOL SYSTEMS VOW TO REOPEN CLASSROOMS FOR ALL BY MARCHHANNAH NATANSONFEBRUARY 3, 2021WASHINGTON POST

In this instance, with insufficient info, users flocked to Twitter but found no explanation on the Robinhood Twitter account either.

5 WAYS ROBINHOOD’S RUSHED UX CHANGES EXACERBATED THE GAMESTOP CRISISSTEVE O'HEARFEBRUARY 1, 2021TECHCRUNCH

Twitter blocked access to dozens of accounts in India, including some that belonged to high-profile individuals, on Monday to comply with a “legal demand,” prompting confusion and anger among users who are seeking an explanation for this action.

TWITTER RESTRICTS NUMEROUS HIGH-PROFILE ACCOUNTS IN INDIA FOLLOWING ‘LEGAL DEMAND’MANISH SINGHFEBRUARY 1, 2021TECHCRUNCH

The explanation for how Deloitte could be the only approved source for a product like VAMS, despite having no direct experience in the field, comes down to onerous federal contracting requirements, Schank says.

WHAT WENT WRONG WITH AMERICA’S $44 MILLION VACCINE DATA SYSTEM?CAT FERGUSONJANUARY 30, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

Kraft, in an explanation for its crimes, says “love makes people do strange things.”

KRAFT IS INTRODUCING ‘CANDY MAC & CHEESE’ FOR VALENTINE’S DAY, AS IF WE NEED MORE TO FEARJAYA SAXENAJANUARY 29, 2021EATER

The frustrating challenge is that researchers are often already offering these explanations, but the public and its representatives tend to want more certainty than science can provide.

THE HARD LESSONS OF MODELING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICJORDANA CEPELEWICZJANUARY 28, 2021QUANTA MAGAZINE

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