for the simple reason that

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: because

I don't want to go for the simple reason that I'm very tired.

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Whatever covert support China delivered to Russia—including drones, artillery shells, and ammunition—would not bring Russia victory for the simple reason that Russia has no coherent path to victory in Ukraine. —

Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 26 Apr. 2023 Switching the machine off won’t work for the simple reason that a superintelligent entity will already have thought of that possibility and taken steps to prevent it. —

IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2019 Notably, the two test pilots for the inaugural crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft — NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore — were once again left behind for the simple reason that they were not assigned to that specific spacecraft. —

Alexandra Banner, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024 If parallel parking persists for the simple reason that Americans don’t want to give it up, fully self-driving cars may have little hope. —

Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for for the simple reason that

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