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reason

[ree-zuhn] / ˈri zən /








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Ahead of the offseason, Getz told Fuller, “There’s no reason we have to be last if we put some focus into it.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

There’s no reason it has to be like that forever.

From Salon Sep. 1, 2026

Woody Ye, partner at Junsheng Consulting, told AFP that part of the reason for Manus's fallout was its failure to properly handle its legal issues.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

They’ve often come from people at private companies whose investors were not going to sue them even if they thought they had a good reason.

From Slate Sep. 1, 2026

The hope is that opposing military forces will peacefully occupy the area, since there is no reason to fight.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Sam Bankman-Fried had become the face of crypto for all the wrong reasons.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

Asked about the invitation, Trump told reporters: "We like getting along with everybody. One of the reasons I'm so successful, I get along with everybody."

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

The idea of AI has become problematic in a lot of communities, for all sorts of different reasons, and that makes it more than just one company’s problem.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

On Monday, USA Basketball announced that Wilson and Kelsey Plum, who had previously been announced as members of the team, will miss the World Cup for heath reasons.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

There are typically only two reasons why a female panda would stop the bamboo eat-a-thon: if she were giving birth or tending to her new cub.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

The researchers reasoned that nanoparticles could be separated from the reaction mixture through centrifugation, which could make it easier to recover the DNA afterward.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Thus, prosecutors reasoned that they could not prove Tilford created the recording and did so without the others’ knowledge.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

I would totally hide Anne Frank, she reasoned.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

The CPS reasoned that because the prosecution did not use them to form its case against Letby, they were not relevant.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

He reasoned that everyone, especially Herbert Haupt, should have a chance to come forward and turn themselves in.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

The neocortex, often associated with higher-level thought, forms the outer layer of the brain and is involved in vision, perception, reasoning, and other complex abilities.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

Faculty members in humanities, social sciences and arts have also weighed in, saying that verbal reasoning and writing skills were lacking too.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Air France said it "was not a party to the proceedings and has not been informed of the court's reasoning."

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

The fusion of a reasoning model with a capable harness allows the model to connect to real systems, execute code and manage workflows, according to Anthropic.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

As it turned out, my reasoning was seriously flawed.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood




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