Reason and Way

Reason

Reason noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

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Way and reason are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Way" instead a noun "Reason".

Way noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Reason and way are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reason" instead a noun "Way".

good	good reason	good way
best	best reason	best way
exact	exact reason	exact way
particular	particular reason	particular way
Other adjectives: better, similar, usual, common, true, obvious, simple, entire, real, big, wrong, main, new, major, possible, primary, odd, strange, different.

But one flashbang — never mentioned before or after — thrown by soldiers who had no way or reason to get in, and down you go.

Source: Cutscene Incompetence
It's justified by the fact that most of the bad guys beside these attacks until this point were mostly interested in conquering Earth and there was no way or reason for cosmic forces to know about them.

Source: Technologically Advanced Foe
You name it, you can always find a way/reason to hate/bash it.

Source: Acceptable Political Targets

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