stated reason

collocation in English

meaningsofavowedandreason

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avowed
adjective[before noun]
uk
/əˈvaʊd/us
/əˈvaʊd/
stated:
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reason
noun
uk
/ˈriː.zən/us
/ˈriː.zən/
the cause of an event or situation or something that provides an excuse ...
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(Definition ofavowedandreasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstated reason

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No consistent pattern was detected between thestatedreasonfor interest in family planning and the method selected.
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That was a candidlystatedreason.
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Thestatedreasonfor the extensive reporting on the rationales for decisions is to make it easier for case laws to evolve.
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When asked about the reason for their move, the mainstatedreasonwas dissatisfaction with the health services provided by the sickness fund.
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In the succeeding years, a contrasting picture comes into view, with consequences for the economy continually visible as thestatedreasonfor positions on taxes.
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Theirstatedreasonis the refusal to grant parole to another prisoner.
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That may have been astatedreason, but we know that he wanted the money.
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I must express in the strongest possible terms my dissatisfaction over both the delay itself and thestatedreason.
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You are reducing the rates with thestatedreasonthat you are going to reduce unemployment all round.
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Hisstatedreasonfor resignation was difficulty in reaching agreement with local government over a number of important national initiatives.
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Then there is the second and more explicitlystatedreason, which is that too many juries disagree.
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He suddenly died with nostatedreason.
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Hisstatedreasonfor leaving was having a severe migraine.
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The reason was the possibility of being acquitted with astatedreasonin a district court, and then convicted without any stated reason in the appellate court.
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Hisstatedreasonfor supporting prohibition was the effect that alcoholics had on their children.
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The country has suffered a high rate of violent crime, a primarystatedreasonfor emigration.
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Thestatedreasonwas the degree of consanguinity between the two.
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Thestatedreasonwas this new routing would result in traveling 15mi km out-of-direction.
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Astatedreasonfor maintaining marital relations is to reduce the temptation to adultery.
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Thestatedreasonfor the claim would be to further commercial aviation.
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Unseensstatedreasonfor this departure is to broaden the base of metadata authorship.
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Thestatedreasonwas difficulties in land acquisition, plus implied concerns about cost controls and financing.
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Herstatedreasonfor this was to become well acquainted with all of them.
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Thestatedreasonfor the nationalisation was to give the government more control of credit delivery.
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