reason

The reason, I suspect, is that the very qualities that make public servants like Mr. Alexander so appealing prevent them from succeeding in the modern process of winning the presidency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

For that reason, lamenting the benefits he never received after his death is, in my view, misplaced.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

Sean said his girlfriend has tried to reason with him on some of his more unusual ideas, but on this occasion she was amused to go along with the idea.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Folarin Balogun insists that the red card controversy surrounding him during the World Cup was not the reason the U.S. lost 4-1 to Belgium in the round of 16.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

“Going to the Dannenbergs’—there was no rhyme or reason to it, was there?

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

The force declined to identify the property's owner for privacy reasons, but Barcelona-based daily La Vanguardia said the house belonged to the 19-year-old Spain forward.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

"One of the main reasons our role exists is to make sure people get the right response," one told me.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

“He’s always been a fighter against federal regulatory overreach, and it’s clear for obvious reasons that he has an affinity for oil and gas, given its dominance in Texas,” Longanecker said.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

But there are also a number of reasons to wonder if profits at present levels are temporarily inflated by things such as tariff rebates or the delayed depreciation of artificial-intelligence assets like memory chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Two different groups opposed it for very different reasons.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

He reasoned that if the lodge was going to accommodate more than 20 guests, which was the intent, they’d need a massive great room.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

Slow and steady wins the race, I reasoned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

He reasoned authorities did not arrest them because people out partying "won't focus on the resistance".

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

The truth is that Sussex wanted to get the absolute best out of their champion bowler and reasoned it would come through more responsibility.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

They reasoned that eastern Poland, closer to the Soviets, would be safer than the west, with its proximity to Germany.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

All these decades later, I understand the calculus but remain baffled by that reasoning.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

"What makes AI particularly concerning is that it's not a tool designated for one specific kind of activity. It's something that can be used across pretty much any intellectual, reasoning, cognitive activity."

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Early in learning, the sorting task primarily activated the prefrontal cortex, the region responsible for executive functions such as planning, reasoning, and conscious decision-making.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

Last year, 60,000 made it past the initial round of screening and took a series of tests designed to measure their reasoning, judgment and speed of learning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Greece would defeat the Persians; Greek philosophy would never quite defeat Zeno—for Zeno had a paradox, a logical puzzle that seemed intractable to the reasoning of Greek philosophers.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife