explanation

noun as in clarification; reason

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account, answer, cause, comment, commentary, confession, definition, description, evidence, example, excuse, expression, information, interpretation, justification, meaning, motive, note, report, resolution, sense, statement, story, summary

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annotation, breakdown, brief, demonstration, details, display, elucidation, explication, exposition, gloss, history, illustration, mitigation, narration, recital, rendition, showing, significance, specification, tale, talking, telling, vindication, writing

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The most popular explanation for this shift has nothing to do with the big-city experience.

From Slate

This is a powerful explanation of the left’s declining performance in and around cities: That’s where the Latino ideological shift was concentrated.

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The Hall of Fame defensive end and current TV personality offered that explanation about Sunday’s viral and controversial moment in a video posted to his Instagram account Tuesday night.

From Los Angeles Times

Despite some activist groups suggesting that the whale had been shot, that explanation has been dismissed by the Norwegian police.

From BBC

That’s too simple an explanation of how Trump behaves in general, and what he’s doing here.

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