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sufficient reason

noun

  1. the principle that nothing happens by pure chance, but that an explanation must always be available
  2. the view that such an explanation is a reason for God to have chosen one alternative rather than another
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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If that is sufficient reason to disobey a court ruling, then all judicial rulings are merely advisory, or just suggestions, and the three coequal branches of government have been replaced by an elected monarch.

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But not everyone sees the brothers’ work in prison as sufficient reason for them to be released.

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But it’s hard to sustain interest when a drama hasn’t given us sufficient reason to care about the characters.

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Wang also said Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party, which came into power in 2016, has been “hellbent on the separatist stance†of Taiwan’s independence and that Beijing has “sufficient reason and a solid legal basis†to bar Taiwan from the global organization.

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"The trial court and an appeals court have already spoken decisively against Trump. There is no sufficient reason for the Supreme Court to weigh in."

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