for one reason or another

idiom

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

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The company published a list of the most mispronounced words of the year in the United States and the United Kingdom on Wednesday, including foreign words that have entered the English lexicon for one reason or another, as well as the names of various politicians and public figures. Jack Guy, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024 Metacritic user scores are frequently used a protest metric for certain games, for one reason or another, as an outlet that does not require you to own a copy of a game to rate it, unlike Steam PlayStation or Xbox. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 Generally, about one-third of people who start the race each year don’t finish for one reason or another: injury, gastrointestinal distress, dehydration, exhaustion. Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2024 But Washoe has also carved out a reputation as the epicenter of a troubling nationwide trend: County officials refusing, for one reason or another, to certify election results. Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2024 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 22 Dec. 2024.

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