for some/whatever reason

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—used to say it isn't known why someone does something

He is always late, for some/whatever reason.

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They were just destroyed by the critics in the press, for some reason. —

Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024 Sam, for some reason, didn’t at all practice making fire throughout the season, while Teeny was OK at it. —

Emily Longeretta, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' company, Blue Origin, also is building a moon lander for NASA, giving the agency alternatives in case one company's spacecraft is grounded for some reason. —

William Harwood, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024 Willams remembers a concert that happened years ago when the group, for whatever reason, didn’t sing the song. —

Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for for some/whatever reason

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