tell why
Example Sentences
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One of Brown’s financial innovations, today called DuPont analysis, involves breaking ROE down into its constituent factors to tell why it is high or low.
From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025
If that had anything to do with differences in their social structures, studying their communication systems could help us tell why modern ants succeeded where others failed.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 13, 2024
"He's one of the finest character actors of his generation, when you're standing at the monitor watching him perform you can tell why because he's so in control, so highly aware and present."
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2024
It was hard to tell why, but Snowden said he’d grown accustomed to not “falling on them as frequently.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023
She could tell why, poor things; they missed the heavy solid warmth of their humans’ bodies; just as Pantalaimon would have done, they longed to press themselves against a heartbeat.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
