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explanation

[ek-spluh-ney-shuhn] / ˌɛk spləˈneɪ ʃən /


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“Either they see us as small children incapable of having things explained to them, or they believe such explanation is beneath them,” it said.

From The Wall Street Journal

There are several possible explanations for the rise in anisakid levels in some salmon species.

From Science Daily

Early evidence points to cavitation -- a process where tiny vapor bubbles form and collapse rapidly, generating shockwaves within the liquid -- as a possible explanation.

From Science Daily

Most current explanations of the Big Bang rely on general relativity along with additional elements introduced to make the models work.

From Science Daily

Its explanation, however, in effect said that AI didn’t generate the troublesome software coding itself, but did give an engineer instructions about how to write the code — erroneously.

From Los Angeles Times