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why

[hwahy, wahy] / ʰwaɪ, waɪ /
NOUN
reason
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“L.A. taxpayers need to know that LA28 is doing well. They want to make sure that those numbers are legit, which is why we’re requesting more information,” Mejia said in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

“That’s why they got the backlash they deserve.”

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

So why has Ramsdale had such a fall from grace and where have things gone wrong?

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

"A lot of people don't know what it is, and that's I think why it's been allowed for so long, despite how cruel it is," said activist and tech worker Mike Accardi.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

I’m always nice when I reject her invites because I get why the club is important.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

"Why did no-one tell the young people to get out? Why did the council not make the proper checks? There are too many whys."

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

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

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

Well, since you’re referring to them as nouns, just follow the normal rules for making nouns into plurals: Ups and downs and ins and outs, Forevers and nevers and whys.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner




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