motive

Example Sentences

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Oh, we don’t officially know the motive yet.

From The Wall Street Journal

But of course we know the motive.

From The Wall Street Journal

Authorities on Tuesday also declined to offer a possible motive for the killings.

From Los Angeles Times

But authorities offered few details, including when or how the couple died, how investigators came to focus on Nick Reiner as a suspect and what a motive for the crime could be.

From Los Angeles Times

The lack of data reflects not the absence of cases but an institutional reluctance to name the motive, creating a statistical blind spot in which policy can’t effectively operate.

From The Wall Street Journal