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Recent Examples of rationality
What ultimately matters is not labeling people as rational or irrational, but being explicit about which conception of rationality is at work – and why.
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Alejandro Hortal-Sánchez, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
Juergen Habermas, one of the world’s most influential philosophers whose theories on communication and rationality shaped modern intellectual thought, died at 96.
—Geir Moulson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2026
Stories prey on our emotions, not our rationality, and in many cases, the former takes precedence over the latter.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026
This is an unusual position for an exponent of the public sphere and communicative rationality to take.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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Alejandro Hortal-Sánchez, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
Juergen Habermas, one of the world’s most influential philosophers whose theories on communication and rationality shaped modern intellectual thought, died at 96.
—Geir Moulson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2026
Stories prey on our emotions, not our rationality, and in many cases, the former takes precedence over the latter.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026
This is an unusual position for an exponent of the public sphere and communicative rationality to take.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 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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Strategic shakeup Usually buying and selling is a cop out, but with where the Red Sox are in their competitive cycle the approach might make some sense.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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Goins said the turnout Saturday reflected a sense of unity and hoped the protest would serve as a path forward for change and empowering communities of color, especially.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
31 May 2026
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Thank you for your daily dose of sanity each morning.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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Ironically, the Democrats’ loudest voice for fiscal sanity lately has been democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who recently proudly proclaimed making progress at balancing New York City’s budget.—
Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
27 May 2026
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However, bright, clever ideas also might spring up in your mind.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
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With this in mind, researchers ran some simulations to explore how all that jostling for position might have affected the moons of Jupiter and Uranus in particular — and the results suggest that these two planets' moons only survived that tumultuous time because of a giant planet that didn't.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
29 May 2026
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There’s a good reason that rooms come with binoculars because there is almost too much action to scope.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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That depth was part of the reason the 2001-02 Kings went 61-21 and took the Los Angeles Lakers to seven games in the Western Conference Finals.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2026
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“Rationality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationality. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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