reason
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At Aston Martin there was at last some reason to feel positive after a dark time this season.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
"But whatever the reason, our results suggest that it is not driven by greater engagement in individual climate action."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
Such an agreement would likely spur an industrywide price war and fierce competition for customers — the main reason why the biggest three operators have vowed not to ink this sort of partnership.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
There’s no reason for Mamdani’s supporters to be disappointed, because it was never a serious idea to begin with.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
For this reason, the treatment of lepers has historically been brutal in many parts of the world.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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He added: "For the detailed reasons set out above, we dismiss the appeal against conviction."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Instead, he pointed to a slew of reasons.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Common reasons include the cost of treatment, reaching a target weight, and gastrointestinal side effects.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
She has long lived in Kyiv and says she has children, but declines to provide further details "for security reasons".
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The boys took a few minutes to come up with as many reasons as they could as to why someone would want to drop frogs on the talent show.
From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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The researchers reasoned that the same enzyme might produce other peptides that influence energy balance and appetite.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
The CPS reasoned that because the prosecution did not use them to form its case against Letby, they were not relevant.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The court reasoned that the Federal Trade Commission, not the horse-racing authority, has “final say over” rule-making and enforcement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
He reasoned that if the lodge was going to accommodate more than 20 guests, which was the intent, they’d need a massive great room.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Then why, reasoned Brother Rufus, did the rats not give aid to their own companions?
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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But it’s hard to dispute the reasoning behind the deferrals from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz in a Tuesday press conference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Dan Burn: The Newcastle defender's inclusion was the subject of much debate but his performance against Mexico underlined the reasoning.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
All these decades later, I understand the calculus but remain baffled by that reasoning.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
"What makes AI particularly concerning is that it's not a tool designated for one specific kind of activity. It's something that can be used across pretty much any intellectual, reasoning, cognitive activity."
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
She was parked at the new strip mall up the road “nursing a macchiato” from the fancy coffee shop and “trying to process” my reasoning to see if I’d been “justified.”
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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