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reason

noun as in mental analysis

noun as in intention, aim

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noun as in explanation for an action

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verb as in mentally analyze

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verb as in argue, persuade

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But the female artists I adored were not on Lilith, although they might have been invited to participate and turned it down for a variety of reasons.

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New Zealand Rugby cited Mitchell's difficult relationships with the media and sponsors as the main reasons for his departure.

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Part of the reason those recipes look so alien to us now is that, in postwar America, food science was less kitsch than it was cutting-edge.

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Sonali Naik KC, who represented the asylum seeker, said the judge was "entitled to grant the order in the urgent circumstances he did, for the reasons he gave and for the period he did".

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Page added she was not naming the person for legal reasons.

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