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The effort to improve one’s rationality as a gambler easily approaches the irrational.
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Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Don’t let the giddiness of booking a trip overpower your rationality.
—Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2024
But the clarity of his mind, his relentless rationality, cut through the usual political boilerplate and bromides.
—Joe Klein, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
In modern terms, the tale goes like this: Your brain is a battleground between rationality on one hand and urges and emotions on the other.
—Lisa Feldman Barrett, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2024
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Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Don’t let the giddiness of booking a trip overpower your rationality.
—Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2024
But the clarity of his mind, his relentless rationality, cut through the usual political boilerplate and bromides.
—Joe Klein, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
In modern terms, the tale goes like this: Your brain is a battleground between rationality on one hand and urges and emotions on the other.
—Lisa Feldman Barrett, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationality
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As well as building an environment that encourages respectful conversations and disagreements, managers should also acknowledge that the simple act of voting can be good for mental health by fostering a sense of control, agency and self-determination.Alyssa Jaffer, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Writing Master of Me, out Nov. 19, helped Palmer regain a sense of control within herself, too.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
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For his own sanity, not all of Jenkins’ project will be Biblical.Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2024
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Not necessarily to my success, but to my own personal sanity, to my own personal well being..Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
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Next, Ripa starred in a re-imagined edition of Disney and Pixar's box office smash Inside Out 2, which introduced several new emotions into the mind of a now-50-year-old Riley, including Menopause (yes, who triggers hot flashes), Libido, Mood Swing, Brain Fog, and Dead Inside.EW.com, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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The flesh is dead, but the mind lives on in a character called The Wheel of Fate.Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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The actress added that the 2023 strike is also part of the reason why the film was delayed.Victoria Edel, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Weatherly said that does happen and for legitimate reasons.John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Rationality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationality. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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