for one reason or another

idiom

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

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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 By the numbers: Clients switching to Ash have seen rejection rates (tests that get returned to the lab that can't be processed for one reason or another) reduced by 50% and turnaround times shortened by 50%. Aaron Weitzman, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024 Following a season 8 opener that gave us 22 million killer bees, the past two weeks served up a plane catastrophe that had me on the brink of tears for one reason or another throughout. Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 11 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 21 Nov. 2024.

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