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as in logical
according to the rules of logic
even a well-founded argument can lead to an erroneous conclusion if one of the premises is incorrect
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as in reasonable
based on sound reasoning or information
a well-founded complaint about the business's treatment of its customers
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Recent Examples of well-founded
This drive is well-founded, since jobs reports show well-paying positions are getting harder to find, particularly for Black women, coupled with a successful anti-DEI push led by the conservative right.
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Jasmine Browley, Essence, 25 Mar. 2025
Paul's fears would be well-founded: The Equal Rights Amendment was given a time limit: Seven years, originally, from congressional passage to ratification by the requisite three-quarters of states.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
This might fuel the anxiety about junior-level developer jobs disappearing—and the fear is well-founded.
—Steve Rodda, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Lawmakers’ focus on reining in the cost of housing is well-founded.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
And at the start of 2025, there was some evidence that their belief was well-founded.
—Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
That skepticism is well-founded in the wake of the recent wildfires.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Borenstein’s contention is that these diversions run contrary to the promises made to voters and that argument appears to be well-founded.
—Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2025
The entire hockey world will be watching Game 3 on Friday to see if Knoblauch’s confidence in Skinner is well-founded.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 25 Apr. 2024
Jasmine Browley, Essence, 25 Mar. 2025
Paul's fears would be well-founded: The Equal Rights Amendment was given a time limit: Seven years, originally, from congressional passage to ratification by the requisite three-quarters of states.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
This might fuel the anxiety about junior-level developer jobs disappearing—and the fear is well-founded.
—Steve Rodda, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Lawmakers’ focus on reining in the cost of housing is well-founded.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
And at the start of 2025, there was some evidence that their belief was well-founded.
—Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
That skepticism is well-founded in the wake of the recent wildfires.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Borenstein’s contention is that these diversions run contrary to the promises made to voters and that argument appears to be well-founded.
—Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2025
The entire hockey world will be watching Game 3 on Friday to see if Knoblauch’s confidence in Skinner is well-founded.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 25 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-founded
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There are logical, though debatable, arguments that the settlement paying male athletes more in damages and permitting colleges to pay male athletes more going forward is problematic under Title IX.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Repeatedly, the market tried to make something of several logical, if a bit neat-and-tidy, inflection points.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
5 Apr. 2025
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Netanyahu was told to be reasonable on Turkey Since the fall of the Assad dynasty in Syria late last year, Israel and Turkey have been competing in the country over their separate interests there.—
Time,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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Given that this decline coincided with the large-scale movement of the US Commercial fishing fleet into those waters, the idea that overfishing might have something to do with it seemed a reasonable hypothesis.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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A lot of people want to talk gun control, which is a very valid debate.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
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Only tickets originally purchased to games Saturday and Sunday will be valid for this weekend’s games.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
4 Apr. 2025
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Rajula Srivastava, for contributions in harmonic analysis and analytic number theory, including contributions to the problem of counting rational points near smooth manifolds.—
Alex Cramer,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Apr. 2025
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There is no rational analysis that would lead one to the conclusion that a President would single-handedly decide to blow up a century’s worth of globalization on a chilly Wednesday afternoon in April.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2025
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Wear sensible shoes to explore Kathleen Ferguson’s urban flower farm built on a slope.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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Your idea about cremation so your ashes can be divided between the two gravesites seems sensible to me.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2025
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What’s worse, the White House has failed to mount a coherent campaign to explain the stakes to the American people.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Isolationism as a Slur In the postwar era, isolationism devolved from a coherent strategic perspective into a term of political derision.—
Andrew Latham,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Mar. 2025
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The Trump administration has argued that the invocation of the law is a justified, lawful, and protects US interests.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2025
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The United States has a justified and moral argument to never negotiate with terrorists.—
Askold Haywas,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Shorts are the only categories whose winners are ineligible for best picture, acting, screenplay or any other major Oscar, due to their length.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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After a week full of monstrous swings, the S&P 500 posted its best weekly performance since November 23, while the Nasdaq saw its best week since November 2022, according to the financial data firm FactSet.—
Anne Marie Drummond Lee,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Well-founded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-founded. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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