How to Use for one reason or another in a Sentence

for one reason or another

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  • Those are games which, for one reason or another, are just do-overs.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
  • There are so many people who can’t run for one reason or another.
    Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 7 June 2021
  • The bench has not been very good this season, for one reason or another.
    James L. Edwards Iii, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • But for one reason or another, his top prospects all fell by the wayside.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 2 May 2021
  • As a reporter, there are a lot of things that end up there for one reason or another.
    Paul Skrbina, The Tennessean, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Then, for one reason or another, the first offers he got dried up, too.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • But there are some things that, for one reason or another, affect each of us more deeply.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
  • Guys who have top of the draft potential, but might fall for one reason or another.
    Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
  • A lot of kids out there aren’t included for one reason or another.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2024
  • This slate of projects is full of questionable ideas or good ideas that are on hold for one reason or another.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • And customers for one reason or another that don’t want to be behind the paywall.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2021
  • However, there are a lot of people who can’t go, for one reason or another.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Some of the staff have, for one reason or another, had trouble fitting in elsewhere.
    Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Many of these girls have, for one reason or another, been unwilling to come forward.
    James Hill, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2021
  • There are gay players — not that many openly gay players, for one reason or another.
    Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 15 July 2022
  • Not many brands still do that; the ones that once did have faded into the background for one reason or another.
    Essence, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But some people are married to keeping their knives tucked away in a drawer for one reason or another.
    Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Attack rookies and other players who are ranked too low for one reason or another.
    Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The people who are there for other reasons were confused for one reason or another.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The book’s essays cover objects that, for one reason or another, failed or fell out of fashion.
    Longreads, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Such is the plight of the shepherds across the land, whose sheep are constantly running amok for one reason or another.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
  • None of them has found their footing yet at USC, for one reason or another.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • In recent years, for one reason or another, these lunches have become much less common.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • People who want to keep secrets for one reason or another often detest leaks to the media.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But not all of these materials are equally good to compost for one reason or another.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Who knows what to make of a matchup in which nearly three dozen players will not to participate for one reason or another?
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Everybody is upset with the Dolans for one reason or another.
    James Barron, New York Times, 12 July 2023
  • But this is also a movie about parents who are fighting to hold on to the children who are for one reason or another, estranged.
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
  • But what if tech companies did start leaving the Bay Area, for one reason or another?
    Christian Leonard, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Every company is cutting back for one reason or another.
    Colleen Batchelder, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025

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