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Recent Examples of rationality
This is an unusual position for an exponent of the public sphere and communicative rationality to take.
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Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
This is where balance and ratios come in again, bringing rationality into the world.
—Thomas Patier, Artforum, 27 Jan. 2026
The world is full of bad actors—cheats, liars, tyrants, sickos—who are, ultimately, mere human beings; at least, this was how rationality would have it.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
The Democrats have a rare opportunity to fill the void of economic rationality left by the traditionally pro-business GOP by moving toward the political center and working with the business community.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
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Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
This is where balance and ratios come in again, bringing rationality into the world.
—Thomas Patier, Artforum, 27 Jan. 2026
The world is full of bad actors—cheats, liars, tyrants, sickos—who are, ultimately, mere human beings; at least, this was how rationality would have it.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
The Democrats have a rare opportunity to fill the void of economic rationality left by the traditionally pro-business GOP by moving toward the political center and working with the business community.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationality
Noun
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The residents are owed answers, even while understanding the reasonableness of not knowing all of them just yet.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2026
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Choosing life over glory is reasonableness in action.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That’s not to say the decisions were easy and lacked a sense of foreboding.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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February 19 – March 20 Small choices today create a sense of ease that lasts.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In Joseph Heller’s novel, claiming to be crazy is taken as evidence of sanity.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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The linchpin holding together Wilson Fisk’s sanity is dead.—
Antonio Ferme,
Variety,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This white chocolate bar is creamy and ultra-sweet, and the great minds at TJ’s were smart to distract from the one-note flavor with crunchy little cookie crumbles.—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Apr. 2026
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By evening, disruptive Uranus enters your 9th House of Higher Learning and Beliefs, opening your mind to new perspectives, ideas, and possibilities.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The assassination attempt failed — and Hinckley was arrested, tried and found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1982.—
Kelsie Cairns,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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McCollum’s line was one of the biggest reasons the game never got complicated.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Rationality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationality. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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