whys
Example Sentences
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At least some of the whys of cheating can be tamped down, resulting in less cheating, Pope said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 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
Pregnancy is some of the most personal experiences a woman can have – so to constantly be speculating about all the whys strips a woman of her right to privacy.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2023
Physicists believe that there must have been some primordial imbalance that allowed matter to dominate the universe, yet the hows and whys remain open questions.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2023
Hattie Mae, pen and paper in hand, was prepared to record all the whos, whats, whys, whens, and wheres and so tried not to notice the handsome man sitting beside her.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
