The cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
1 That's why we believe a resolution is possible this year, he said.
2 THE question is almost impossible to answer: why is Winx so good?
3 Thus why would this young lady come forward in hope of justice?
4 Quite why there is a rising trend in serious violence remains unknown.
5 The why of the problem, however, took second place to the how.
6 So this year, why not challenge yourself in an entirely different way?
7 But I must ask: why are we undertaking an effort of violence?
8 Yet they still ask: why do we need food stamps at all?
9 The question becomes, however, why this kind of violence is so prevalent.
10 Here are seven good reasons why your start-up needs a website: 1.
11 Their numbers, however, dropped this year but no one really knows why .
12 There are a number of reasons why workers should reject Partnership 2000:
13 One may well ask the question: why such a reduction in numbers?
14 Interviewers always ask job candidates why they're looking for a new position.
15 She said, 'I know the real reason why you're here, of course.
16 That is why Europe wants to deploy it as quickly as possible.
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