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or analytical
as in reasonable
according to the rules of logic
presented a very analytical argument for the defendant's guilt
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Recent Examples of analytic
For analytical Virgos, Atlas says that completing morning pages is the quintessential way to start their cozy fall days.
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Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2025
Just as this recent wave of protests was receding, leaving behind deep concern and uncertainty, one of the country’s most beloved bands — Just a Band — was staging a reunion at a party celebrating analytical webzine Africa Is a Country’s first print anthology.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
Betty is an investigative journalist for a television show in Shock Treatment, a career that Virgos excel at due to their analytical abilities and need to search for the truth and justice.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Earlier in his career, Klein was known, despite lousy grades in math, as a coolly analytical voice on health-care policy and other technocratic arguments.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2025
Just as this recent wave of protests was receding, leaving behind deep concern and uncertainty, one of the country’s most beloved bands — Just a Band — was staging a reunion at a party celebrating analytical webzine Africa Is a Country’s first print anthology.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
Betty is an investigative journalist for a television show in Shock Treatment, a career that Virgos excel at due to their analytical abilities and need to search for the truth and justice.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Earlier in his career, Klein was known, despite lousy grades in math, as a coolly analytical voice on health-care policy and other technocratic arguments.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for analytic
Adjective
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Jones is signed for another five seasons at a $7 million cap hit that is only going to get more reasonable as the cap continues to rise.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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So, spending your free time on a massive project for your crush seems perfectly reasonable.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Those seemingly chaotic kids are on their way to more obviously logical behavior soon.—
Celeste Kidd,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Things had crumbled enough that Sasaki emerged as a logical option.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The individual permit, which requires a $25 fee per shipment, is valid for a range of dates authorized once issued.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Messages > Send & Receive and tap your valid phone number to activate iMessage.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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One thing that is really striking is that there really doesn’t seem to be a coherent China policy in this Administration.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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By studying the region with narrowband filters sensitive to hydrogen (H-alpha) and sulfur (S II) emissions, the team detected a coherent, circular shell structure centered on the nova.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Every argument has a rational, emotional, and rhetorical component.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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If the court concludes that conversion therapy is conduct, then the Colorado law is subject to the same standard used in Skrmetti – rational basis – and likely will survive.—
Timothy R. Holbrook,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Over the course of nine films that span more than 50 years, not once does horror film icon Leatherface take sensible chainsaw safety precautions.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
2 Oct. 2025
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To kick off your collection, here’s what The Athletic feel are the most sensible and eye-catching Yamal rookie cards to collect.—
Andrew Mackie,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Kerzka and the others did their best to comfort them, to bandage small wounds; the most critically injured were already at the hospital.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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But in one of his best performances in an Arsenal shirt so far, Zubimendi quickly went about making a difference.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Analytic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analytic. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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