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explanation

[ek-spluh-ney-shuhn] / ˌɛk spləˈneɪ ʃən /


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At least that’s the charitable explanation for his false statements in TV interviews about drugs the agency rejected.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Courts infer intent every day from what people do, from the consequences they know will follow, from patterns that repeat with such consistency that coincidence is no longer a plausible explanation.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

The idea remains highly theoretical, and many physicists would caution that there is still no accepted explanation for why the constants of nature have their observed values.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

The most likely explanation is that jobs have become a bit easier to find.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

She was going to make this difficult if he didn’t offer some explanation.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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