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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Any first-year law student could have answered that question right on the exam, yet this had to go up to the Supreme Court for the simple reason that the plaintiffs could rely on sympathetic lower court judges to move things along.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
Khan is likely focusing on starvation and restriction of aid for the simple reason that these crimes are the easiest to demonstrate.
—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2024
The answer to that final question is the grimmest: Overwhelmingly, the women who could have spoken out are dead, for the simple reason that any Israeli who got close enough to a terrorist to be raped was close enough to be murdered.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
One downside of ours is that the scope for revenue-raising is much, much lower than with the mark-to-market tax or wealth tax, for the simple reason that people just don't borrow all that much.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
This is for the simple reason that the facilities would continue to spew pollution into the air.
—Chirag Bhakta, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
Lee made an exception for the 1950s style for the simple reason that refrigerators weren’t common in households at the time her house was built.
—Andrea Darr, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
Once baby universes are added to the game, the system is no longer in equilibrium, for the simple reason that there is no such thing as equilibrium.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
Yet beneath such high-minded rhetoric, American brands pushed for greater access to China for the simple reason that its factories could turn out goods more cheaply than anywhere else.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
Khan is likely focusing on starvation and restriction of aid for the simple reason that these crimes are the easiest to demonstrate.
—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2024
The answer to that final question is the grimmest: Overwhelmingly, the women who could have spoken out are dead, for the simple reason that any Israeli who got close enough to a terrorist to be raped was close enough to be murdered.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
One downside of ours is that the scope for revenue-raising is much, much lower than with the mark-to-market tax or wealth tax, for the simple reason that people just don't borrow all that much.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
This is for the simple reason that the facilities would continue to spew pollution into the air.
—Chirag Bhakta, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
Lee made an exception for the 1950s style for the simple reason that refrigerators weren’t common in households at the time her house was built.
—Andrea Darr, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
Once baby universes are added to the game, the system is no longer in equilibrium, for the simple reason that there is no such thing as equilibrium.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
Yet beneath such high-minded rhetoric, American brands pushed for greater access to China for the simple reason that its factories could turn out goods more cheaply than anywhere else.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
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