explanation

One possible explanation is that these drugs increase the risk of microbleeds in the brain, which are associated with cognitive decline.

He said that the television interview was the same format, suggesting there were "alternative explanations for the things we were saying".

That is a big part of the explanation for why this argument has got so noisy, so quickly.

I asked Sir Keir about it the day after - but the explanations have done little to dampen the anger.

The supervising prosecutor on the case, now retired, told The Times that it was a highly unusual change of position, and could offer no explanation.