explanation
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"People will want an explanation as to what happened - I just dropped the ball," she added.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Arvizu said a law enforcement officer then forced him to leave the meeting without providing an explanation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
Thucydides was partial to naturalistic explanation and, no stranger to eclipses himself, might well have offered Pericles’ nervous helmsman a cloak.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
It is still too early to know which explanation is right, Krinsky added.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
“I believe the good soothsayer was speaking metaphorically. You remember what a metaphor is: when one thing is used to describe another—” But Penelope’s explanation was cut short by a rhythmic sound.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing explanation
PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4
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