for one reason or another

idiom

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

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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 More than a third of the U.S. adult population doesn’t drink for one reason or another, and millennials and Gen Z are increasingly choosing partial or complete sobriety. Jane Thier, Fortune, 3 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 8 Nov. 2024.

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