rhyme or reason
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But in this particular case there was just no rhyme or reason for it ... — CBS News, "Podcast spotlights Mississippi double murder – can new DNA technology solve the cold case?," 29 June 2019 But her most memorable, jolting posts are ones that crop up every once in a while, seemingly with no rhyme or reason to their frequency: Britney, alone, pretending to be walking on a runway inside her home. — New York Times, "When Britney Spears Posts on Instagram, a Thousand Conspiracies Flower," 12 June 2019 Quiet Skies, which has existed since 2012, has drawn scrutiny from the American Civil Liberties Union and members of Congress because the program monitors passengers seemingly without any rhyme or reason. — Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, "The TSA Is Scaling Back a Controversial Program That Monitored Everyday People," 18 Dec. 2018 For reasons that seem beyond rhyme or reason, the Duchess has unprecedented control over what everyone wants to buy. — Tara Gonzalez, Glamour, "6 Fall Outfit Pieces Meghan Markle Convinced Me I Needed," 22 Oct. 2018 Racket movements that should have easily resulted in high-arcing lobs often resulted into low shots over the net, for instance, without much rhyme or reason. — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, "Hands-on: Oculus Quest is an intriguing new middle ground for VR," 27 Sep. 2018 There often seemed little rhyme or reason to HNA’s acquisitions. — Andrew Peaple, WSJ, "HNA’s Grounded—and So Is Chinese M&A," 7 Sep. 2018 Some cannot be bothered with rhyme or reason beyond what is immediately possible. — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, "NBA Free Agency: The Thought Behind the One-Year Deal Trend," 12 July 2018 There’s really no rhyme or reason for why one-third of the people caught are being counted, especially since presumably people who are not caught also might rely on smugglers. — Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, "Are human-smuggling cartels at the U.S. border earning $500 million a year?," 21 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rhyme or reason.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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