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Recent Examples of reasonableness
The residents are owed answers, even while understanding the reasonableness of not knowing all of them just yet.
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
Choosing life over glory is reasonableness in action.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
This focuses the debate not on the pros and cons of string theory but on the reasonableness of the assumptions.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Because those standards focus on reasonableness under the circumstances, an officer can violate departmental policy without necessarily violating the law.
—Stephen Martin, Oklahoma Watch, 5 Mar. 2026
An employer and an employee’s view of reasonableness may differ.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
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
Objective reasonableness, meanwhile, asks whether a hypothetical reasonable person would have also used force given the same circumstances.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025
Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
Choosing life over glory is reasonableness in action.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
This focuses the debate not on the pros and cons of string theory but on the reasonableness of the assumptions.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Because those standards focus on reasonableness under the circumstances, an officer can violate departmental policy without necessarily violating the law.
—Stephen Martin, Oklahoma Watch, 5 Mar. 2026
An employer and an employee’s view of reasonableness may differ.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
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
Objective reasonableness, meanwhile, asks whether a hypothetical reasonable person would have also used force given the same circumstances.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasonableness
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Tap into desire—or, better yet, anxiety—and rationality goes out the window.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Such reactions may appear irrational under one standard yet reflect a form of rationality adapted to uncertainty, vivid impressions and limited information.—
Alejandro Hortal-Sánchez,
The Conversation,
24 Mar. 2026
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The program mirrored a similar feasibility-testing venture that began in the 1970s, which was swiftly terminated once oil prices stabilized.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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Midway Rising has maintained that the entirety of the project is entitled to a waiver from the 30-foot height limit in the Midway District because the restriction stands in the way of the project’s financial feasibility.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 May 2026
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The Pisces Moon sharpens intuition and helps subtle signals make sense.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2026
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Slowing its introduction makes no more sense than efforts to delay electrification would’ve made in the 1880s.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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But the internet does not reward sanity.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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Fahim, now 30, pleaded guilty to the killings on the eve of trial, leaving only the sanity question for jurors.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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Chapman spoke to the future work that will be necessary to ensure the long-term viability of the program.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2026
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Hard tech, such as new battery chemistries or carbon-neutral cement, requires billions of dollars and years of development before reaching commercial viability.—
Imran Khalid,
Twin Cities,
7 May 2026
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Swann, in other words, takes Washburn’s side of the animal-mind argument.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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After losing the first two games of a first-place Palomar League showdown, playing poorly in the second game and losing by 12 runs, Mission Hills High School baseball coach Griffin Teisher said his team had one thing on its mind.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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The researchers calculated that 2002 XV93 has an atmosphere about 5 million to 10 million times thinner than Earth’s — and suspect two possibilities as to what created it.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
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Tavaris Jackson, 35, of Escanaba, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.—
Joseph Buczek,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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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
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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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“Reasonableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasonableness. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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