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Meanings of only explanation in English

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Usage of only explanation in English
1
Historically, it is, of course, the only explanation for the whole business.
The Sandman Book of Dreams
2
The only explanation is the one I have suspected for several years.
Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
3
It's the only explanation, the only reason I know what I know.
The bourne identity
4
That's the only explanation I have for my attack on my father.
The hunchback assignments
5
It's the only explanation I can find for everything that happened afterwards.
The book of murder
6
It was the only explanation for why he'd completely lost his mind.
It Must Be Love
7
That was the only explanation of her depression and loss of appetite.
The Wild Olive: A Novel
8
To her that seemed the only explanation of his words and tones.
Six Women
9
And that was the only explanation in the world for the calls.
One night stands & lost weekends
10
But it's because people are jealous of Watson, it's the only explanation.
The Guardian
11
The only explanation for that was that he was on Ecstasy too.
My horizontal life: a collection of one-night stands
12
The only explanation was teleportation, an ability she hadn't realized he possessed.
Sanctuary
13
That's the only explanation for wolfing down three charred-on-the-outside-yet- pink-on-the-inside chicken drumsticks.
The Irish Times
14
The only explanation was that they didn't know everything, not even up.
They and I
15
The only explanation that makes sense, they concluded, is central nervous system damage.
Wired
16
Someone had warned them that they were coming; that was the only explanation.
The flock
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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Ireland
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