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reason

[ree-zuhn] / ˈri zən /








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Part of the reason is rising skepticism about the value of a college degree.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

She says: "Each meal I'm having there's a reason behind and everything that's in it there's a reason behind... I know what I'm putting in my body is fuelling me, recovering me, energising me."

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Possibly for this reason, Vahidi kept a very low profile in the war, making his first public appearance during the funerals of Ali Khamenei in July.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

While it’s nice to have flexible payment options, the reason consumers use them can be troubling.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

They won’t be home now; it’s the reason I’d wanted to take the train we did.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Bass said her Inside Safe program, which has moved more than 6,200 homeless people indoors, is one of the reasons Raman saw success in her district.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Here are five reasons for that, and what you should do to prepare.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

But what if you have a hunch that one group will be a drag, or if you have ethical or religious reasons not to profit from certain businesses?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

These are the reasons I am predicting a Premier League drop-off for the Cherries - but would not be surprised to see this one defied.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Anyway, he carried a pistol in a holster and slept beside a torpedo that, for reasons they could only guess, had its tip painted purple.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

The researchers reasoned that nanoparticles could be separated from the reaction mixture through centrifugation, which could make it easier to recover the DNA afterward.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

At one point the AI reasoned that it should wait a few minutes before posting from its sockpuppet account because that would be more believable.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

"It is possible to say that more could have been done, but there was a serious risk of financial meltdown," Tombs reasoned.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

I would totally hide Anne Frank, she reasoned.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

The Fourth Amendment, the court reasoned, forbids the police from seizing people and searching them without some individualized suspicion that they have committed or are committing a crime.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Don’t go into any details or overexplain your reasoning.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

The results also come with comments from the members of the panel to explain the reasoning for their decision.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

A few years ago, United started installing them again, reasoning that they would be a differentiator.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

It’s a welcome change, and the stated reasoning behind the proposal sheds light on the original purpose of civil rights enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Evidently there are certain fundamental experiences and modes of reasoning that are universal and can be regarded as valid in any and every human culture.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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