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reason

[ree-zuhn] / ˈri zən /








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It’s the leading reason, at least stated, for job cuts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Catherine said she had no reason to disbelieve him.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“The Lord of the Rings” fans have reason to celebrate with the release of “The Rings of Power” Season 3 trailer: “One Ring to rule them all” is upon us.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The policy environment is another reason the premium could widen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Maggie picked up her phone and scrolled through the pictures she had just taken of E. That was the reason she was late.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

SpaceX’s ability to achieve its computing-power goals — or even get close to them — matters to investors for a number of reasons.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

One of the biggest reasons Perseverance has been able to travel so far is its sophisticated autonomous driving system.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

They have their reasons, at least those participants deemed interesting enough to focus on — a challenge, an adventure, something to prove.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

But ahead of the vote, Kesic lost his television platform when his channel dropped his show, citing "commercial reasons".

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

For reasons she didn’t fully understand, Sara believed him.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

It is much easier to try to shut people down by calling them names than to make reasoned arguments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Amazon also could offset pressure on the advertising segment through other areas of the business, he reasoned, noting that any pressure would likely amount to a small fraction of overall revenue.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

If a magnetic field was present, Weiss and his colleagues reasoned, it should have left a lasting imprint on some of the material forming within the disk.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Actually, every two weeks, thanks to a recently approved initiative: “You guys get paid every two weeks by your employer,” he reasoned, “so why shouldn’t your assets pay you every two weeks?”

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

The genes altered in these mutants, Nüsslein-Volhard and Wieschaus reasoned, determine the basic architectural plan of the embryo.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Part of her reasoning is due to her hero, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, although she points out that Jobs wore blue jeans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The self-declared modern-day Miss Marple warned Kenny to be on the lookout for anyone acting differently, reasoning that "if you're suddenly a traitor, you're going to be a bit on high alert".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

But in July 2023, the federal district court dismissed his complaint, reasoning that Salazar didn’t count as a “consumer” under the statute because he was only subscribed to a newsletter, “not audio visual content.”

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

The reasoning was that if animals had already existed at the time, such an unusually well-preserved fossil deposit should have captured evidence of them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Blackberry’s reasoning had been first-rate and Bigwig had at least shown which way any sound-hearted rabbit would be likely to lean.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams


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