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Courts infer intent every day from what people do, from the consequences they know will follow, from patterns that repeat with such consistency that coincidence is no longer a plausible explanation.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
The idea remains highly theoretical, and many physicists would caution that there is still no accepted explanation for why the constants of nature have their observed values.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2026
Minutes after the Los Angeles Lakers were blown out in the first game of their second-round playoff series, LeBron James had a simple explanation for what went wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
The most likely explanation is that jobs have become a bit easier to find.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
What the fox showed him proved to be the reasonable explanation to the voices that C.C. assured him there would be, but nonetheless, to Duane, the illusion the fox created seemed magical.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Vocabulary lists containing explanation
The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4
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