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Noun
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His decision to side with keeping the government open at the expense of legislative branch power came from a place of rationality, not rashness.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025 -
And one benefit of a plot built on relentlessly surreal happenstance is that eventually every new plot development starts to feel like a twist — because nothing is predetermined, and rationality and rigor have already gone out the window.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
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The impulse stems from correcting what feels like a false narrative, this is because breakups disrupt not just connection, but also your sense of coherence.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The remarkable thing for me is the level of coherence and alignment among the views of the first three interviewees, despite their different backgrounds and focus areas: roboticist Rodney Brooks; neuroscientist David Eagleman; and AI innovator Yann LeCun.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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After the dust settled, DeChambeau had the opportunity to return to the subject, explaining that both McIlroy's attitude and his own words were in keeping with the logic of the moment.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Drug Discovery Quantum computers are especially good at simulating the real world because the real world follows the rules of quantum physics — something traditional computers, which rely on simple binary logic, struggle to replicate accurately.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The stakes are too high for systems that lack real-time reasoning and full contextual comprehension.—
Tarun Eldho Alias,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Aside from economic realities facing the entire industry in this moment, in a time of contraction, the reasoning behind the cuts hasn’t been made clear.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The underground man is someone who is cursed with ratiocination.—
Sean Illing,
Vox,
9 Dec. 2024
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No ratiocination similar to Parker’s point system.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
23 Feb. 2023
Noun
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Masterpiece remakes offer something very different, speaking to us with surprising urgency and cogency across time.—
Jim Shepard,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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The play echoes this ever-important sentiment but with far less cogency on an American stage.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Oct. 2024
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“Rationalness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationalness. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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