for some unexplained reason
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffor,some,unexplainedandreason
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for
preposition
uk/fɔːr/us/fɔːr/
intended to be ...
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some
determiner
uk/sʌm/uk/səm/us/sʌm/us/səm/
an amount or number of something that is not stated or not known; a part ...
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unexplained
adjective
uk/ʌn.ɪkˈspleɪnd/us/ʌn.ɪkˈspleɪnd/
Unexplained events, behaviour, etc. are ones for which people do not know or understand ...
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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 offor,some,someandreasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For someunexplainedreason, they decided to take a full-size circus tent.
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In 1949, for someunexplainedreason, that figure had gone up to £5,750,000.
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Recently, for anunexplainedreason, we have sought to change the emphasis of our policing.
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But often, for someunexplainedreason, reception goes wrong and my constituents then write to me.
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For someunexplainedreason, at the 59th minute of the 11th hour, her confidence went and her judgment faded.
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If those two factors are present, then for someunexplainedreasonoil will deteriorate from a sample of feedingstuff after about a month.
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For someunexplainedreason, the company accounts show a deteriorating situation which remarkably coincides with the time of the marriage breakdown.
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This particular factory, which produces agricultural machinery, for someunexplainedreasonnow employs much less than its full potential and is actually dismissing workers.
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In the first place, for someunexplainedreason, which no scientist has yet been able to fathom, there has been recently a scarcity of fish in home waters.
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Ironically, and for someunexplainedreason, that plane ran out of fuel some 130 miles from their destination and was ditched in shallow water.
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For someunexplainedreason, he is able to maintain his human consciousness in this atomized state and reform himself through sheer force of will with incredible nuclear powers.
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For anunexplainedreason, the aircraft pitch trim was moved to the full nose-down position, which exceeded the ability of the autopilot to control, and the aircraft pitched over abruptly.
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