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tell why
verb as in explicate
Example Sentences
At the time it was difficult to tell why, she said, but it then became clear the identity cards were being used for so-called carousel voting in Georgia's new electronic voting system - "when one person can vote 10, 15, 17 times with the same ID".
If that had anything to do with differences in their social structures, studying their communication systems could help us tell why modern ants succeeded where others failed.
"He's one of the finest character actors of his generation, when you're standing at the monitor watching him perform you can tell why because he's so in control, so highly aware and present."
The tot had become one of several hundred seemingly healthy U.S. toddlers and preschoolers each year who suddenly die in their sleep and autopsies can’t tell why.
She fails to tell why she felt compelled to fact-check Minhaj's stand-up routine in the first place.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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