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Because of, owing to, as in By reason of a crop failure, the price of coffee is bound to rise. This expression is considered quite formal today. [c. 1300]

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When twelve people are killed by violence, whoever they are, for whatever reason, that is a tragedy and a waste.
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The research literature, too, asks these questions, and not without reason.
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The reason we were liberals is we were against oppression.
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There is a larger reason, beyond the airlines themselves, why Lion Air and 61 other Indonesian airlines are on this black list.
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Yet, for god knows what reason, his name is never brought up in the “Great American Filmmaker” conversation.
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To Americans Mrs. Wright is interesting by reason of her patriotism, which amounted to a passion.
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All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."
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Wordsworth has illustrated how an unwise and importunate demand for a reason from a child may drive him into invention.
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And she fell to scolding him in the way he usually loved,—but at the moment found less stimulating for some reason.
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The reason we associate rhythm with the significance of time is that rhythm is a measurer of time.
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