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verb

past tense of reason

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Adjective
  • Like so many other stars on the main roster, ranging from Cody Rhodes to Kevin Owens, The Bloodline has consistently targeted them in a way that makes their quest for revenge quite the logical one.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Boston and New York rarely engage in trades, but the deal is a logical one for both sides.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • There’s something to be said about working that way, but the difference for Agents is that the songs were, in turn, more considered and fleshed out by the time they were brought to the band, even if those songs demanded more work afterward.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The early part of Wang’s new movie mirrors the intimacy on display in Apolonia, Apolonia, Lea Glob’s considered portrait of an artist.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Some students, Adams said, may not have understood why Pepperdine had developed a shelter-in-place policy.
    Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • And yet Bloom’s quaint, daydreamy reactions are prompted by what, in Joyce’s time, was understood to be a new and overwhelming urban modernity, a kind of attentional bombardment.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The companies argued that their top competitors were not conventional supermarkets but food behemoths like Walmart, Costco, Amazon and even dollar stores.
    Alina Selyukh, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Federal Trade Commission, which brought the federal case, argued that Kroger's purchase of Albertsons would lead to fewer choices and higher prices for shoppers.
    Alina Selyukh, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Additionally, offering a reasonable grace period can allow employees time to adapt to the new policy.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The two are linked: Disputes are much easier to solve when all parties have a reasonable prospect of prosperity.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • That would be demonstrated if general relativity is derivable from quantum gravity.
    Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
  • And to little purpose, there being agreement among most faiths on the important morals, generally derivable from the golden rule.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Knowing that this portion is noncritical provides the freedom to take calculated risks without the fear of negatively impacting overall financial stability.
    Odiri Oginni, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • However, his recent moves suggest a calculated resurgence.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • The reprogrammed cells were injected into a mouse embryo, resulting in a chimeric mouse with physical traits derived from both the donor embryo and the reprogrammed stem cells.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Other names for December's full moon are derived from Native American, European and colonial sources, which include the Drift Clearing Moon, and the Little Spirit Moon.
    John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2024
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