reasonableness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasonableness
Noun
  • Catholicism offers ritual without the tedium of rationality; anarchism offers revolutionary action against inequality without the taint of materialism, the prospect of personal gain.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Before compassion and empathy, he was trained, taught, and raised to live in a world of pragmatism and rationality over emotion.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • None offer the sense of exclusivity found at The Estates.
    Paula Conway, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • But the Mac Studio has been around for a few years now, and Apple likely has a better sense of how the Max-versus-Ultra sales break down.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The man known only as ‘B’ is half-mortal and half-god, cursed and compelled to violence, even at the sacrifice of his sanity.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Sometimes, the only way to preserve your sanity is to go a little insane yourself.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Devastating Consequences for Artists If passed, this exception would fundamentally undermine the economic viability of the creative industry.
    Virginie Berger, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The project’s persistent delays, massive cost overruns, and lack of clear funding solutions justify reconsidering its viability.
    Phillip Molnar, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Every story includes a WhatsApp link to text Waterson, and his phone buzzes through the night with neighborhood gossip and whatever else is on Londoners’ minds.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
  • By 1984, Atari had clearly won the hearts and minds of gamers.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • What makes the possibility of Ovechkin breaking Gretzky’s goal record this season so special is that Ovechkin would be doing it at the same seasonal rate as Gretzky did.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Now the possibility of the new owners playing hometown-hero shows for fans at games is on the table.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Canter also acknowledged how other decisions could impact the potentiality of some of his players returning.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Every scene is a test — of belief, plausibility, modern faithlessness.
    Armond White, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The Van Buren Institute then just takes leave of historical plausibility as a product of the 1940s.
    Anthony Paletta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Reasonableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasonableness. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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