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
  • Notwithstanding its return on investment and the sense of duty espoused by its employees, LB&I was hit especially hard by the most recent wave of firings, employees said.
    Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 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
  • For his sanity, Gates was convinced his processes were good processes.
    CJ Moore, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The film, about a young woman’s search for sanity after leaving a psychiatric hospital, will premiere in the festival’s new Berlinale Perspectives section dedicated to first features.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 7 Feb. 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
  • Retaining top talent is crucial for preventing Europe’s brightest minds from migrating to regions like Silicon Valley or Beijing.
    Christina Mendel, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • As Bill attempted to recenter the pedophile claims as the focal point of the conversation, the Man vs. Machine artist pushed back, reiterating that there are no rules in a rap battle—something that Maher couldn’t wrap his mind around.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 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
  • This possibility pushed Kennedy in 1961 to sign the Foreign Assistance Act, creating USAID that November.
    Christian Ruth, The Conversation, 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 11 Mar. 2025.

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