whys

Example Sentences

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"Why did no-one tell the young people to get out? Why did the council not make the proper checks? There are too many whys."

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

At least some of the whys of cheating can be tamped down, resulting in less cheating, Pope said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2025

So this book goes into all the whys.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2023

Physicists believe that there must have been some primordial imbalance that allowed matter to dominate the universe, yet the hows and whys remain open questions.

From Scientific American • Sep. 27, 2023

"The whys and wherefores cannot come within the Province of a Mineral Surveyor."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson