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why

noun as in reason

Weak match

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"They asked me to fill out a form with my name, age and why I wanted to join Alabuga. And then they also asked me to pick three fields I wanted to work in."

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Researchers from Utrecht University set out to understand why.

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Asked why she stopped short of taking up the review's recommendation, Phillipson told the BBC that pupils who are unable to read "fluently and confidently" often struggle in other subjects.

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“A better question may be why should state universities pay to educate foreign PhD students if you aren’t going to allow the US economy to benefit from the skills they learn.”

Investors wondered why Kimberly-Clark was willing to buy a company with weakening sales and sizable potential legal liability related to Tylenol and talc.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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