reasonability

Definition of reasonabilitynext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasonability
Noun
  • Throughout the process, Orsolya makes a great show of her reasonableness and decency.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • This focuses the debate not on the pros and cons of string theory but on the reasonableness of the assumptions.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • By mid-2025, regional discussions resumed with a focus on feasibility.
    Angela Chitkara, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Even city leadership has acknowledged that future proceedings currently before state regulators will have implications for the costs and feasibility of the proposal.
    Chris Cate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • While normally the late hours of these storms would help to weaken them, and that is still a possibility, the overall fuel available may be enough to keep our storm risk going.
    Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The investigation did not reveal any consequential answers and ended any possibility of a wrongful death lawsuit.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Some Spirit creditors have questioned the airline's ongoing viability and are concerned the airline will not be able to make an upcoming multimillion-dollar debt payment due to surging fuel prices, raising the possibility that the carrier could be forced into liquidation in the near future.
    Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The couple’s focus on human health and ecosystem viability dovetails neatly with their stewardship of a house designed for communion with nature.
    Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But that potentiality feels nascent in Slater’s current rendering of the part rather than fully acknowledged and explored.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The film is set in 2029, a mere three years from now, demonstrating both an optimism about the potentiality of AI and a pessimism about the city’s trajectory.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This is the plausibility threshold Loftus was pointing out.
    Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The biological plausibility of this being a risk factor for eventually developing MDS is absolutely there, and what remained was getting an adequate registry for demonstrating this.
    Angus Chen, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Reasonability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasonability. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.

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