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for one reason or another

for one reason or another adverb: synonym of for some reason.

Adverb

for one reason or another (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of for some reason.
    • In 1951, when many people, both patients and doctors, thought that the newly discovered cortisone of Philip Hench was the therapeutic answer to this disease but were for one reason or another unable to obtain it, a paper from Sweden stated that similar results could be obtained by injections of...1976 March 27, F. Dudley Hart, “History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis”, in British Medical Journal, volume 1, number 6012, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 763
    Synonyms:
    for some reason

Synonyms of for one reason or another

Questions about for one reason or another

What does for one reason or another mean?
For one reason or another means synonym of for some reason.
What part of speech is for one reason or another?
For one reason or another is an adverb.

Words near for one reason or another in the dictionary

  1. for old times' sake
  2. for old times' sakes
  3. for once
  4. for once and for all
  5. for one
  6. for one reason or another
  7. for one thing
  8. for one's eyes only
  9. for one's foams
  10. for one's heart
  11. for one's life

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