reasoned (with)

past tense of reason (with)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasoned (with)
Verb
  • After the trial, it was rumored that the jury had initially been split 9-3 for acquittal, and that the minority was brought around by the expert testimony.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The initial move brought around 35 brands to Mexico for the first time, including Isima by Shakira, Peach & Lily, Orebella, Ulta Beauty Collection, Morphe, Bubble, about-face, Ouai, Half Magic and Kitsch.
    Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Sanft focused the first day of testimony on questioning the thoroughness of the work of investigators in the three decades-old case, saying he’s not convinced Tupac Shakur’s murder will ever be solved.
    Aditi Sangal, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • One-third of the students still can't be convinced because a pitch can't outrun the job.
    Gregg Mojica, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But Tehran remains defiant after nearly six months of war and has brought shipping to a virtual standstill in ⁠the Strait of Hormuz, refusing to allow unauthorized oil tankers to transit a waterway ​that ⁠is vital for global oil shipments.
    Reuters, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Golesh brought not only his quarterback but his center and 10 more players from South Florida, And the defense returns some key starters.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Stuart Evey, who oversaw who oversaw Getty Oil’s investments outside its core oil business, persuaded the company's board to invest $10 million for an 85% stake.
    Nicole Kraft, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Last summer, Curtis persuaded them to join Citizen Historians, a grassroots effort to monitor Smithsonian exhibitions for political interference.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • To find out, the team induced brief artificial hibernation in mice engineered as an epilepsy model, just before seizures had developed in the animals.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Yet these subjects are often united by a kind of nostalgia—or more precisely, the kind of nostalgia induced by pop culture artifacts.
    Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Morgan Stanley and Bank of America topped the list of athlete-heavy employers; Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase led on overall Ivy League hiring.
    Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • On a night with smoke in the air from Canadian wildfires, New York led on an unearned run against Roki Sasaki in the fourth.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
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“Reasoned (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasoned%20%28with%29. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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