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noun philosophy

the principle that nothing happens by pure chance, but that an explanation must always be available

the view that such an explanation is a reason for God to have chosen one alternative rather than another

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby sufficient reason

suffice, suffice it to say, sufficiency, sufficient, sufficient condition, sufficient reason, suffix, sufflate, suffocate, suffocation, Suffolk

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How to use sufficient reason in a sentence

And, even then, why should that make it a sufficient reason to oppose the offensive material?
Sex Workers Deserve Health Care, Too|Tauriq Moosa|May 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Announcing the intention to obtain an abortion is often sufficient reason to upset many people.
When Fame Is the Reason for Abortion, Does That Make It Wrong?|Tauriq Moosa|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Other aspects, like the ability to feel pain, are also considered sufficient reason to deny an abortion.
When Fame Is the Reason for Abortion, Does That Make It Wrong?|Tauriq Moosa|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There seems to be no sufficient reason for explaining it by 'necklace' or 'gorget,' as if it were a separable article of attire.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer

Qui sonus ad aures nostras ideo non peruenit, quia vltra rem fit':—a sufficient reason.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
It supposes that nothing can be a "sufficient reason" for a body's moving in one particular direction, except some external force.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill
They will doubtless continue to use the term phenacetin and we know of no sufficient reason for doing otherwise.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various
Indeed, there did not appear to be any good and sufficient reason why I should call upon them for more hard work just then.
A Middy of the King|Harry Collingwood