How to Use reasoning in a Sentence
reasoning
noun- Humans possess the power of reasoning.
- Could you explain your reasoning?
- They told everyone the reasoning behind the decision.
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By this reasoning, the trust never had the rights to Ross's NIL in the first place.
—Next Avenue, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021
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The reasoning is the same in each of the judge's orders, which total about 750 pages.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2023
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In terms of the people who did not vote for it, what was your sense of their reasoning?
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2024
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Just before Nyah was born, the singer shared the reasoning behind her name on The View.
—Makena Gera, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
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Her reasoning was linked to the odd reminders of Kerdiles that were all around her that week.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
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The reasoning is that the base umpire might have a better view of the check swing than the plate umpire.
—Steve Henson Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2021
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The reasoning behind this is all of the grass plants are like millions of tiny trees.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2025
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Then there was ninth-grader Tyler Boyd, who was quick to get to the point with his reasoning.
—al, 18 Aug. 2021
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Kathie tried reasoning with the man first, asking him to turn around.
—Marisa Kwiatkowski, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
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Sometimes the reasoning space will be the best course of action.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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As the reasoning writhes around, one fact becomes clear.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
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The reasoning was that T’Challa is too big a character to lose so soon.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 12 Nov. 2022
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All is not lost if the Supreme Court embraces these briefs’ reasoning.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2022
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But Democrats on the court called that reasoning absurd.
—Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2024
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My instincts seemed to be telling my reasoning mind to stay away.
—Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2022
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There's there's a reasoning behind it for the front office.
—Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2023
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Oakley added the reasoning for that was to get the attention of all the fans headed to the football game.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2021
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Some experts think the DOJ’s reasoning here may be weak, though.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 7 June 2022
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Experts say the line of reasoning in the post is as far off base as the claim of thousands of infections.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2021
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This is the same reasoning that Twitter has used in the past to justify killing off apps.
—Jacob Siegal, BGR, 30 June 2022
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Not all teams have come away sold on his reasoning and outlook.
—Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2022
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The justices did not provide a reasoning for the hold, but it is thought that it was ordered to give them more time to prepare the facts of the case.
—Justin Klawans, The Week, 22 Apr. 2023
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The Hall of Fame responded to this line of reasoning in their statement.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2022
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My reasoning is that my mom is now 85 and my sister and her husband are in poor health.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2025
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But its reasoning has to do with new for-sale listings and mortgage rates.
—Byalena Botros, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
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The chatbot could label it a hate crime or not and explain the reasoning behind that call.
—Jackie Snow, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
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But Professor Fern said the type of robots used in the games are generally not equipped for higher-level functions like planning or reasoning and usually need a human operator to help guide them.
—Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
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