explanation
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One explanation for Friday’s yen dip is that BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda faced two dissenting votes to his rate increase, from board members appointed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
But Flintshire council said there had been no explanation that children, families and pensioners, who all qualified for concessionary fares, would be charged full adult price.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
One possible explanation involved the axon's internal skeleton, a supporting network of proteins.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
The peptides are routinely used in “stacks”; chosen at random, with arbitrarily chosen doses; and two drugs from the same class may be included for reasons that defy explanation.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
As for Duane, he was carrying those books carefully while walking alongside Handsome, who required some more explanation.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Given all these contradictory findings, it’s tempting just to give up on rational explanations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Scientists have developed two main explanations for its origin.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Sir John's investigation was ordered by the prime minister in September 2025 after MI5's explanations about what happened were rejected as deficient and unreliable.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Anytime my direct reports take time off, they give me the most detailed explanations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
I had broken up the passage into its thought units as I had studied it, so I knew precisely at what points I would stop reading and begin my explanations.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
Vocabulary lists containing explanation
The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4
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