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Recent Examples of rationality
What leads us toward a better future is the reconstruction of hope, readiness to learn, change, and create a new path through consensus, solidarity, and rationality.
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Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
While the moon and Uranus harmonize, rationality is overrated.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Allison Williams, with her jaunty rationality, is back as Gemma, M3GAN’s creator, and the character has undergone a kind of penance.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 June 2025
Courage is good, but so is sensitivity; seriousness is good, but so is frivolity; rationality is good, but so is imagination.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
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Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
While the moon and Uranus harmonize, rationality is overrated.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Allison Williams, with her jaunty rationality, is back as Gemma, M3GAN’s creator, and the character has undergone a kind of penance.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 June 2025
Courage is good, but so is sensitivity; seriousness is good, but so is frivolity; rationality is good, but so is imagination.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationality
Noun
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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 has for decades been underpinned by voluntary pricing agreements — voluntary in the sense that non-voluntary terms would have been worse — between the industry and the NHS.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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There is no sense of responsibility or critical assessment of the causes of the refusal to publish in Israel while the massacre continues.—
Uriel Kon
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Time for the Nuggets to steer this narrative back to sanity.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
5 Sep. 2025
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Amid a raging wildfire, a mother’s search for her son’s plushie becomes a desperate fight to preserve his childhood innocence and her own dwindling sanity.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When travelers think of luxurious travel, buses aren't necessarily top of mind.—
Opheli Garcia Lawler,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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Lonely nights and a racing mind spiraled him into a deep depression.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Whatever the reason behind the tradition may be, Swift and Mahomes were all smiles in the Dirty 30 photo as the WAGS prepare to head into football season together and cheer on the Kansas City Chiefs.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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For those reasons and more, Rohl’s signing on a season-long loan, with a €20million obligation provided Everton avoid relegation, is intriguing.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Rationality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationality. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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