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Recent Examples of reasonableness
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.
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Claudia Lauer, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
Objective reasonableness, meanwhile, asks whether a hypothetical reasonable person would have also used force given the same circumstances.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025
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
Claudia Lauer, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
Objective reasonableness, meanwhile, asks whether a hypothetical reasonable person would have also used force given the same circumstances.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasonableness
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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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This is where balance and ratios come in again, bringing rationality into the world.—
Thomas Patier,
Artforum,
27 Jan. 2026
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The molecule was shown to form nanoscale p/n heterojunctions through self-assembly, highlighting the feasibility of molecular designs that autonomously organize into functional electronic structures, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
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In October, the port released a Request for Proposals to evaluate the feasibility of a new Pier 500 marine container terminal that would increase the port’s capacity while staying on track with climate goals, Seroka said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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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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Friends question her sanity and stability, and Helen loses herself further inside her mounting grief.—
Adam Graham,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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As with so much about college football, where self-interest reigns and sanity is scarce, the outcome isn’t ideal but could have been much, much worse.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Gerken argues that economic viability determines whether circular construction can scale.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
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The actions of Israel and other countries in recent years, however, have more broadly raised questions over the viability of international law and institutions’ ability to hold those accused to account.—
Josiane Yazbeck,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026
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This helps to ensure that my mind is not only experiencing the music but also aiding and calming my thinking processes at the same time.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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But as the global spotlight turns back on the city, those recent events are brought to others’ minds, said Jacqueline deVries, chair of the history department at Augsburg University in Minneapolis.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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In June 2023, OpenAI’s Sam Altman dismissed the possibility that a small team with $10 million could build a competitive large language model.—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The growing awareness that, even in mild COVID cases, the possibility exists for longer-term, often undetected organ damage also warrants more examination, researchers say.—
Stephanie Armour,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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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
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Chopra teaches that intention in the field of pure potentiality has infinite organizing power.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Reasonableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasonableness. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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