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Recent Examples of rationality
Newsom further revealed the limits of his rationality with his remarks on the high-speed rail boondoggle.
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Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
Discipline and rationality define the Mets’ offseason so far, but a path to landing a big-name free agent always existed.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Debates about Cold War rationality reprised an earlier discourse about criminal nature versus nurture and the educability of felons.
—Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
There is also no need to worry about the rationality of these states.
—Moritz S. Graefrath, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2025
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Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
Discipline and rationality define the Mets’ offseason so far, but a path to landing a big-name free agent always existed.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Debates about Cold War rationality reprised an earlier discourse about criminal nature versus nurture and the educability of felons.
—Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
There is also no need to worry about the rationality of these states.
—Moritz S. Graefrath, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationality
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Courts have established a standard referred to as objective reasonableness when considering whether a use of force was justified, relying heavily on the perspective of the specific officer in that specific scenario.—
Claudia Lauer,
Fortune,
26 Nov. 2025
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Objective reasonableness, meanwhile, asks whether a hypothetical reasonable person would have also used force given the same circumstances.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
6 Nov. 2025
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For the Staals, the technology offered a clear sense of what was happening inside Ethan just early enough to help him through it.—
Mayo Clinic News Network,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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This popular usage makes abundant sense.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Surprised, the team performed a sanity check—the researchers calculated heritability in the traditional way for twins born between 1900 and 1935, an era when rapid medical advances steadily curtailed premature death.—
Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
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Indeed, accepting its finitude is a crucial step toward sanity, freedom, and happiness.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2026
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The brainchild of Chris Roberts, the mind behind Wing Commander and Freelancer, Star Citizen is probably the most ambitious ongoing project in video games, having raised nearly one billion dollars in funding as of this writing.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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But for the mother-daughter pair, their minds were on Minneapolis and how federal agents have handled immigration enforcement.—
John Lauritsen,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The internet and Black art triggered awe for completely different, profound reasons.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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One reason is a viral video that shows Pretti standing over the body of a veteran who died and honoring his service.—
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Rationality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationality. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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