1
as in reasons
something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing
asked the whys behind the surprising decision
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2
as in mysteries
something hard to understand or explain
how one decides that a certain person is "the one" is one of the great whys of life
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Noun
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Trump claimed without evidence that McEntarfer had manipulated statistics for political reasons.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025 -
Housing is one of the reasons anyone in tech will tell you that the industry is thriving in California largely in spite of regulations, not because of them.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For nearly five decades, NASA's twin Voyager probes have plumbed the cosmos in search of answers to some of astronomy's most perplexing mysteries about our solar system and its place in the wider universe.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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While researchers will continue to study the Galilean moons with Juno, the spacecraft will be joined by others in the coming years, potentially solving even more mysteries in the Jovian system.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Coming up with an answer forces us to speculate about alien motives.—
Matthew Hutson,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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Authorities, meanwhile, have not disclosed any information about the suspect's identity, possible motives, or the victims' identities.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Whys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whys. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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