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
The tot had become one of several hundred seemingly healthy U.S. toddlers and preschoolers each year who suddenly die in their sleep and autopsies can’t tell why.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
Ama could tell why: she was going to work some further magic with it.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
