for one reason or another

idiom

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

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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 Almost every relief inning for the Giants on Saturday was notable for one reason or another. Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025 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 Breillat’s films depict the lives of women who lack full self-knowledge—who become, for one reason or another, briefly or for extended periods, strangers to themselves. Victoria Uren, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for for one reason or another

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