sufficient reason
Britishnoun
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the principle that nothing happens by pure chance, but that an explanation must always be available
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the view that such an explanation is a reason for God to have chosen one alternative rather than another
Example Sentences
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“Friendliness alone is not a sufficient reason to trust someone with your finances.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
All of this reinforced something for me: friendliness alone is not a sufficient reason to trust someone with your finances.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
The ACM said it had also received reports of these allegations and "considers this sufficient reason to launch a formal investigation into possible violations of the rules by Roblox."
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
But not everyone sees the brothers’ work in prison as sufficient reason for them to be released.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2024
There just wasn’t sufficient reason to invent, for example, the telescope when you had an astronomical theory which, with extraordinary mathematics, could fit the appearances.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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