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Recent Examples of reasonableness
Perhaps even more unsettling is the larger sense that there are other, unrelated sets of rules hemming us in on all sides, regulating seemingly every aspect of life with varying degrees of reasonableness.
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
Olson, however, doesn't trust that the law will safeguard consumers, pointing to the vagueness inherent in the law's language charging the commission with evaluating a project’s reasonableness.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025
Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
Olson, however, doesn't trust that the law will safeguard consumers, pointing to the vagueness inherent in the law's language charging the commission with evaluating a project’s reasonableness.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasonableness
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With over 32,000 requests to create new Turning Point chapters around the country, much of the nation has already decided that Charlie Kirk's civility, rationality, and commitment to reason are their values—and American values.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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These categories were not simply seen as opposite, but in a hierarchy with objectivity and rationality as superior.—
Sara Giordano,
The Conversation,
4 Sep. 2025
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The six pilot sites — La Jolla Shores, Mission Beach, Ocean Beach Dog Beach, Ocean Beach oceanfront, Sunset Cliffs and Tourmaline Surfing Park in Pacific Beach — were chosen based on feasibility, resilience needs and environmental benefits, according to the city.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The memorandum outlines plans to evaluate integration pathways, conduct joint feasibility assessments, and engage with classification societies and regulators to prepare for deployment.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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Your base is the foundation of any makeup look, but in the year 2025, that doesn’t have to include actual foundation—at least not in the traditional sense.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Instead of clarity and a sense of financial empowerment, individuals experience costly missteps and are left unsure of where to find reliable guidance—eroding any trust in the mainstream financial system.—
Sandy Anderson,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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But that leadership and seriousness are balanced within a personality that’s critical to maintaining his team’s sanity as criticism rains.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Analyze whether being with him is worth the risk for your sanity — and your wallet.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
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These factors are steadily eroding the viability of family farms and the broader agricultural economy.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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The two discussed the viability of the linear networks in a streaming world, talking up the value of its brands, which include CNN, Discovery Channel, TNT and HGTV.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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With these factors all in mind, clips from the Vegas opening are obviously being heavily scrutinized in Motley Crue fan forums.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
14 Sep. 2025
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Put yourself into unknown territory and open up your mind, spirit and vision.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
14 Sep. 2025
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New Mexico and Arizona will also see an increase in showers and thunderstorms and a possibility for localized flash flooding today into Friday.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Investors should be ready for considerable volatility and the possibility of significant losses should market conditions worsen or the company does not execute its ambitious growth strategy.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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On foot, there are no boundaries in the land, no divides, nothing but the past and the potentiality of the future.—
Michael McColly,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Aug. 2025
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Each of these sentiments points to the rich, fertile space that exists at the margins—of the body, of language, of the photograph—while also emphasizing the creative potentialities of touch, the action that propels these often porous edges to meet.—
Jessica Simmons-Reid,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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“Reasonableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasonableness. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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