for some/whatever reason
idiom
—used to say it isn't known why someone does something
He is always late, for some/whatever reason.
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In fact, there’s a strong likelihood that some people will know personal details about your private life, for whatever reason.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 1 May 2025
But for whatever reason, my parents nicknamed me Tiny Tears, after the American Character doll that shed faux tears when her stomach was pressed.
—Joshua Coleman, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
That action includes relatively high mountains—for some reason, the Appalachians haven’t been entirely eroded away even after tens to hundreds of millions of years— as well as small volcanoes and earthquakes.
—Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
That just keeps coming back, for some reason, not so much inventing as assembling my interior idea of who my father was, and what our relationship was.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2025
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 1 May 2025
But for whatever reason, my parents nicknamed me Tiny Tears, after the American Character doll that shed faux tears when her stomach was pressed.
—Joshua Coleman, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
That action includes relatively high mountains—for some reason, the Appalachians haven’t been entirely eroded away even after tens to hundreds of millions of years— as well as small volcanoes and earthquakes.
—Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
That just keeps coming back, for some reason, not so much inventing as assembling my interior idea of who my father was, and what our relationship was.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2025
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“For some/whatever reason.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20some%2Fwhatever%20reason. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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