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Recent Examples of rationality
This is an unusual position for an exponent of the public sphere and communicative rationality to take.
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Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
This is where balance and ratios come in again, bringing rationality into the world.
—Thomas Patier, Artforum, 27 Jan. 2026
The world is full of bad actors—cheats, liars, tyrants, sickos—who are, ultimately, mere human beings; at least, this was how rationality would have it.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
The Democrats have a rare opportunity to fill the void of economic rationality left by the traditionally pro-business GOP by moving toward the political center and working with the business community.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
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Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
This is where balance and ratios come in again, bringing rationality into the world.
—Thomas Patier, Artforum, 27 Jan. 2026
The world is full of bad actors—cheats, liars, tyrants, sickos—who are, ultimately, mere human beings; at least, this was how rationality would have it.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
The Democrats have a rare opportunity to fill the void of economic rationality left by the traditionally pro-business GOP by moving toward the political center and working with the business community.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationality
Noun
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The residents are owed answers, even while understanding the reasonableness of not knowing all of them just yet.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2026
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Choosing life over glory is reasonableness in action.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Pisces Moon sharpens intuition and helps subtle signals make sense.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2026
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Slowing its introduction makes no more sense than efforts to delay electrification would’ve made in the 1880s.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
Noun
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But the internet does not reward sanity.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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Fahim, now 30, pleaded guilty to the killings on the eve of trial, leaving only the sanity question for jurors.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Swann, in other words, takes Washburn’s side of the animal-mind argument.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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After losing the first two games of a first-place Palomar League showdown, playing poorly in the second game and losing by 12 runs, Mission Hills High School baseball coach Griffin Teisher said his team had one thing on its mind.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
Noun
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The assassination attempt failed — and Hinckley was arrested, tried and found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1982.—
Kelsie Cairns,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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McCollum’s line was one of the biggest reasons the game never got complicated.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Rationality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationality. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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