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Recent Examples of rationality
As the physician and philosopher Jodi Halpern has pointed out, Osler believed that a doctor should aspire to be an island of calm in stormy seas, mastering her own unruly emotions with the force of rationality.
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Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
These categories were not simply seen as opposite, but in a hierarchy with objectivity and rationality as superior.
—Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Our findings raise many interesting questions about rationality and ethics.
—Thomas Talhelm, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2025
Everyone who dies in the film—and everyone does die, including Santino (Marcelo Michinaux), Pedro’s young son—does so because Pedro and Jimi act without thought given to consequences, much less to rationality.
—Andy Crump, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
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Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
These categories were not simply seen as opposite, but in a hierarchy with objectivity and rationality as superior.
—Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Our findings raise many interesting questions about rationality and ethics.
—Thomas Talhelm, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2025
Everyone who dies in the film—and everyone does die, including Santino (Marcelo Michinaux), Pedro’s young son—does so because Pedro and Jimi act without thought given to consequences, much less to rationality.
—Andy Crump, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationality
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Perhaps even more unsettling is the larger sense that there are other, unrelated sets of rules hemming us in on all sides, regulating seemingly every aspect of life with varying degrees of reasonableness.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
9 Sep. 2025
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Olson, however, doesn't trust that the law will safeguard consumers, pointing to the vagueness inherent in the law's language charging the commission with evaluating a project’s reasonableness.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
21 Aug. 2025
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This, plus the ongoing calls among family members, maintains a powerful sense of human connection and love.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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The move turned out to be a blessing for Harrison, who has felt a sense of relief since leaving the dating show.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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In the film, the pair star as young couple Grace and Jackson, who move from New York City to Jackson’s hometown in Montana and become parents, as Grace struggles to maintain her sanity after giving birth.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Nov. 2025
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After touring for 30 years, LeAnn Rimes has learned a thing or two about maintaining her sanity on the road.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
28 Oct. 2025
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Familial pairs choose the experimental merge for a variety of reasons, including a mother with Alzheimer’s linking her mind with her daughter; teenage brothers, one terminally ill; a man and his pregnant fiancée; a father and his addict daughter.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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In Hoyer’s mind, the Tokyo Series represented the culmination of the organization’s long-running efforts to establish connections in Nippon Professional Baseball, highlight the Cubs as a brand overseas and turn Chicago into a destination for Japanese players.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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During the tour for the band's previous album, We, singer Feist dropped out of the lineup as the opening act, citing the accusations against Butler as the reason for her departure.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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There are many reasons to want to preserve or rebuild oyster reefs, researchers say.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Rationality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationality. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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