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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasonableness
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These vehicles need to predict movement patterns, navigate road infrastructure and, ironically, understand human irrationality with perfect rationality.—
Alexandre de Vigan,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025 -
When faced with a choice between rationality and humanity, remember: Contracts expire.—
Victoria Vitchenco,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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There is not an American President—Bill Clinton, George H. W. or George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, or Donald Trump—who has dealt with Netanyahu and not, sooner or later, come away with a lingering sense of resentment.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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In a sense, the job search should be treated like a personal marketing campaign, Zeile suggested.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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The film grounds its story in Spike’s desire to save his mother at any cost—including, perhaps, his own sanity in a world hostile to innocence and tenderness.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
24 June 2025
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The Supreme Court's rejection of that request is a refreshing—and desperately needed—return to sanity.—
Kristen Waggoner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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Among Democrats and moderates however, his policies have raised concerns over economic viability.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
30 June 2025
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From a financial standpoint, the arrangement allows Volkswagen to realize €1.5 billion in annual labor cost savings while retaining production viability in Germany.—
Michelle Mbekeani,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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And all of the brilliant military minds involved in this attack.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2025
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In a rare, bipartisan meeting of the minds, at least on this issue.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 June 2025
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In terms of the Flyers’ willingness to move some of their cache of draft picks, Brière didn’t sound all that sure about that possibility, either.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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But the defending champions feel no need to panic — even before the team’s upcoming four-game, 10-day roadtrip with the possibility of not having Jonquel Jones available for it.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2025
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The goal, in the end, is to expand and enlarge our sense of self and the potentialities within our craft through careful reading, compositional imitation, and rigorous discussion.—
Ocean Vuong
September 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Sep. 2022
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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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At least some of these political stances are in the realm of plausibility at a time when their conservative allies control all levers of power in Washington and many have embraced aspects of a Christian nationalist agenda.—
Peter Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2025
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Sunday's Ukrainian drone ambush on a Russian airbase more than 3,000 miles from the front lines has intensified a growing debate among U.S. military analysts over the plausibility of a similar attack launched from Chinese merchant vessels docked at American ports.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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“Reasonableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasonableness. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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