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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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At least in this instance, Mexican policy was a triumph of economic rationality over ideology.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025 -
Such a war would be motivated, in China, by a politics of identity that is largely impervious to economic rationality and other strategic considerations.—
RANA MITTER,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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The story is like a gentle hug, wrapping you up in a sense of comfort and contentment.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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In that sense, the vulgar Vader situation creates a touchy dilemma for Epic Games and Disney, which likely invested substantially in this high-profile collaboration.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
16 May 2025
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Suppressing the complexity of the nation’s past to curate a comforting national story will not lead to truth, sanity, or the sorts of achievements that Trump wants to celebrate.—
Time,
Time,
20 May 2025
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Most of us involuntarily limit our daily interaction with the world’s incessant problems, just to preserve our basic sanity.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
18 May 2025
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However, because of these strengths, their viability depends enormously upon what kind of data they have been trained on.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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Those problems persisted Saturday during a 36-pitch appearance that prompted some questions about McCullers’ viability within the Astros’ rotation.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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Keep Curtains Away from Heat Sources The main thing to keep in mind when installing kitchen curtains is to always keep them away from heat sources.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 May 2025
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And never far from mind at these events is the memory of the 2016 Pulse shooting that left 49 dead and 53 wounded at an Orlando hub of LGBTQ nightlife.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
17 May 2025
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He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
17 May 2025
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Transformational communication yields opportunities and possibilities.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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The time lapses don’t connect these scenes narratively so much as suggest the potentialities of a constantly warping persona.—
Armond White,
National Review,
14 May 2025
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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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The point is to argue the plausibility of either the humans or the lone silverback prevailing in a battle of brawn.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
29 Apr. 2025
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The task of reading Capital naïvely acquires a fresh jolt of plausibility in the case of Paul Reitter’s new translation of volume one.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Reasonableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasonableness. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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