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whys

[hwahyz, wahyz] / ʰwaɪz, waɪz /
NOUN
whys and wherefores
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There were no wheres or whys to what came out of his iPad.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

"We have decided to study in great detail the hows and whys of why premature birth affects the developing brain," he says.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025

You don't know the whos and the whats and the whys of how we came to be and how our relationship fell apart to get us to that point.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2024

Players for the fourth-seeded Reign shared their individual whys that propelled them to the club’s first championship final since 2015.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2023

So for all the whos, whats, whys, whens, and wheres, look at the backside of “Hogs and Cattle” every Sunday to your new auxiliary writer—

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool


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