for one reason or another

idiom

: for various reasons
I can't come for one reason and another.

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All of this comes on the heels of a $1.5 billion investment in the tour from Strategic Sports Group. Since 2024, several top positions in the world of golf have changed hands for one reason or another. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025 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 Three different acts — Anitta, Gel, and FKA Twigs — had to drop out of the festival for one reason or another. Justin Curto, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025 With Social Security coming under Elon Musk and DOGE’s gun, there aren’t many people who aren’t concerned for one reason or another. Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for for one reason or another

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“For one reason or another.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20one%20reason%20or%20another. Accessed 11 May. 2025.

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