just because
idiom
: for the simple or single reason that
Don't get nervous just because the teacher might ask you a question.
Just because your friends do it, that doesn't mean that you should do it, too.
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But just because the traffic has died down doesn’t mean the Jewish events calendar is dying with it.
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Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2025
Unfortunately, just because Maroun knows how to expertly remove them, doesn't mean the Gen Zer is immune to lice herself.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
And all that has to be endured just because sealing passengers into a cylinder with no way to see out might give them a panicky case of the claustrophobic screaming meemies.
—David Szondy
may 16, New Atlas, 16 May 2025
For a business to reassess its current model that satisfies its needs, just because a new, shiny option comes along, would be a material misuse of resources – and an infinite loop.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2025
Unfortunately, just because Maroun knows how to expertly remove them, doesn't mean the Gen Zer is immune to lice herself.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
And all that has to be endured just because sealing passengers into a cylinder with no way to see out might give them a panicky case of the claustrophobic screaming meemies.
—David Szondy
may 16, New Atlas, 16 May 2025
For a business to reassess its current model that satisfies its needs, just because a new, shiny option comes along, would be a material misuse of resources – and an infinite loop.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for just because
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“Just because.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20because. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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