tell why
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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
I’m near her age and can’t tell why great and unexpected blessings make me weep.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
But that’s not all, she thought, astonished at herself, that doesn’t tell what it was like, even if I wanted to tell; why am I talking?
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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