Scientists have come up with many explanations for why the sky is blue.
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Explanations
//ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃənz//
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keylightmeaningmere theorymotivenoteobject lessonoutcomepleapretensepretextpurgationpurgingrational groundrationalerationalizationreasonreason whyreasoningrehabilitation
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There seemed to be several explanations of the case, but the police hit on the right one the first time.
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He gives plain, simple explanations.
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It is man's intelligence that makes him so often behave more stupidly than the beasts. ... Man is impelled to invent theories to account for what happens in the world. Unfortunately, he is not quite intelligent enough, in most cases, to find correct explanations.
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