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explanations

NOUN
whys and wherefores
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He says the theory offers "one of the best explanations" for the differences in how people seek support and connection with others.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Reporters programmatically extracted compensation tables, footnotes and other explanations of perquisites mentioned in the filings and fed the results to an LLM which parsed the amount, type and beneficiary of each perk.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

“Lineage met with regulators and offered the same explanations the community has already heard,” said Councilmember Ysabel Jurado in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

However, the recent display of the aircraft that brought Zambada to the United States as part of an FBI operations collection prompted Mexico to seek explanations.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

My mind cycles through a few possible explanations for what might be going on:

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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