wherefore
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Appearing before the Democratic faithful at the state party convention in San Francisco, hopefuls offered the whys and wherefore of their candidacies.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026
The musicians, especially but not exclusively Jerry Garcia, whose death in 1995 only technically ended the Dead, prove remarkably articulate about the why and wherefore of their music and the group mind that created it.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024
In addition to gleaning the why and wherefore behind America’s foundational document, teenage listeners will meet up with the Declaration of Independence and a roster of seminal Supreme Court decisions.
From New York Times • May 28, 2018
But when I heard in their sweet melodiesCompassion for me, more than had they said,"O wherefore, lady, dost thou thus upbraid him?"
From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2010
“What do you mean? What do you demand of your captain? Are you, then, so easily turned from your design? Did you not call this a glorious expedition? “And wherefore was it glorious?
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
Vocabulary lists containing wherefore
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 2
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 5
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