just because
idiom
: for the simple or single reason that
Don't get nervous just because the teacher might ask you a question.
Just because your friends do it, that doesn't mean that you should do it, too.
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But just because Norman died doesn’t mean that his impact has — or that his memory will.
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Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025
Matt Walter, managing partner at Guardian Jet, said the ultra-wealthy won't decide to buy a plane just because of a tax change.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 14 July 2025
Would Americans be padding across the gross airport floors forever, just because of Richard Reid?
Better technology should have been the answer.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
Now fear not, just because the film festival is being curated by artists doesn’t mean the selections are hopelessly esoteric – European Bauhaus aficionados droning on about baking soda, or anything by Stanley Kubrick, played backwards!
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025
Matt Walter, managing partner at Guardian Jet, said the ultra-wealthy won't decide to buy a plane just because of a tax change.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 14 July 2025
Would Americans be padding across the gross airport floors forever, just because of Richard Reid?
Better technology should have been the answer.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
Now fear not, just because the film festival is being curated by artists doesn’t mean the selections are hopelessly esoteric – European Bauhaus aficionados droning on about baking soda, or anything by Stanley Kubrick, played backwards!
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
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“Just because.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20because. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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