for the simple reason that
idiom
: 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.
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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
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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
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