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as in rationality
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as in feasibility
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasonableness
Noun
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His decision to side with keeping the government open at the expense of legislative branch power came from a place of rationality, not rashness.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025 -
And one benefit of a plot built on relentlessly surreal happenstance is that eventually every new plot development starts to feel like a twist — because nothing is predetermined, and rationality and rigor have already gone out the window.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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His sharp sense of storytelling and visionary approach to content has consistently set him apart as a true leader.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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That has always been part of the Trumpist package of maybe not ideas in the sense of grand philosophies but certainly cultural ideas.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the process, Hamlet's drives his past lover, Ophelia, to the brink of sanity.—
Audrey Gibbs,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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So how in the name of sanity did Rosary end up winning the championship by knocking off Orange Lutheran in the final?—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Building systems with an eye on tomorrow’s needs ensures long-term viability.—
Chris Sharp,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The company has identified risks related to its business operations, including its dependence on external financing, the unproven commercial viability of its technology, and potential competition in the market.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Price upon publish date of this article: $780 What to Look for in a Crossbody Phone Bag Special features: When shopping for a crossbody phone bag, there are a few key features to keep in mind.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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The more Tropper thought about it, the more one actor appeared in his mind for Coop: Jon Hamm.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There is hope of working with his camp to find a new club — a move to a league like Saudi Arabia’s is not the only option and finding a team in Europe could be a possibility.—
Jordan Campbell,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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Its landscapes don’t offer guarantees, but rather the tantalizing tease of possibility.—
Chris Schalkx,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In a striking parallel to the 1990s, epochal thinking about the potentialities of a high technology society has once again upended politics.—
Jacob Bruggeman & Casey Eilbert / Made by History,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
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Practically, then, the translator reads with an eye to understanding the affordances offered by a text—to re-creating its potentialities, rather than merely offering a lexical equivalent.—
Max Norman,
The New Yorker,
7 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Every scene is a test — of belief, plausibility, modern faithlessness.—
Armond White,
National Review,
20 Dec. 2024
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Yet the balance Dead to Me struck was fragile; if the plot could get cartoonish, then the connection between the two leads, Cardellini and Christina Applegate, and the plausibility of their characters’ bond helped suspend disbelief.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
12 Dec. 2024
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“Reasonableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasonableness. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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