reason
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However, the reason Clarke's exit felt natural for many is that a hefty chunk of fans want to see a change of approach.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
This is not a 30-minute dinner, and there is no reason to pretend otherwise.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The real reason is that the world is learning to live without using as much oil as it used to.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
But sometimes the justices also put out a call for this complex to give them a reason to do something.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
He tells me that his reason for joining Black Alliance was that he wanted to be a part of a group he could relate to.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
However, pub and hospitality groups say taxes and employment costs are the big reasons why pubs are closing.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
"The reasons for this conservation are not well understood. It's one of the mysteries of the universe, related to why we have more matter than antimatter," she said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
And that was essentially a bat signal for scholars and historians to try to come up with those reasons and feed them to the court.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
Related parties have business or personal ties and transactions between them can have legitimate reasons, but they also pose potential conflicts of interest and require disclosure and typically extra regulatory scrutiny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
That’s what Erica called the piece C.J. brought to class, with all the reasons the poet missed their dad.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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
And she reasoned, very simply, that the way her children were being held was involuntary servitude and that under this new law, they should be freed.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The researchers reasoned that the same enzyme might produce other peptides that influence energy balance and appetite.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 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
“Which would take many months, given the shortness of Cassiopeia’s legs,” she reasoned.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
If Chinese companies can do leading-edge AI better and more efficiently with open-weight models, the reasoning goes, plans to spend untold sums on data centers and chips might need reworking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Nobody really chooses to understand the reasoning why.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
They also worked through problems involving syllogistic reasoning.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Logical reasoning often requires a level of precision that ordinary language does not provide.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
I sigh, wishing I could argue with that reasoning.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
Vocabulary lists containing reason
Argumentative Writing
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Argumentative Writing, List 2
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