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why

[hwahy, wahy] / ʰwaɪ, waɪ /
NOUN
reason
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In an earlier era, the American Heart Assn. and the U.S. federal government were very closely aligned on what the American public should eat and why.

From Los Angeles Times

"If much younger people are being affected, why is the threshold so high for us to be diagnosed and diagnosed at an early stage? It just is unfathomable to me."

From BBC

Hence why we're seeing this new formation again, with the interchange and false nine.

From BBC

It was a reminder, in the middle of the horror, why the fight needed to be fought.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I haven’t even watched it yet. You know why? Because I lived it.”

From Los Angeles Times