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Recent Examples of reasonableness
The residents are owed answers, even while understanding the reasonableness of not knowing all of them just yet.
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
Choosing life over glory is reasonableness in action.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
This focuses the debate not on the pros and cons of string theory but on the reasonableness of the assumptions.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Because those standards focus on reasonableness under the circumstances, an officer can violate departmental policy without necessarily violating the law.
—Stephen Martin, Oklahoma Watch, 5 Mar. 2026
An employer and an employee’s view of reasonableness may differ.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
Courts have established a standard referred to as objective reasonableness when considering whether a use of force was justified, relying heavily on the perspective of the specific officer in that specific scenario.
—Claudia Lauer, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
Objective reasonableness, meanwhile, asks whether a hypothetical reasonable person would have also used force given the same circumstances.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025
Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
Choosing life over glory is reasonableness in action.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
This focuses the debate not on the pros and cons of string theory but on the reasonableness of the assumptions.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Because those standards focus on reasonableness under the circumstances, an officer can violate departmental policy without necessarily violating the law.
—Stephen Martin, Oklahoma Watch, 5 Mar. 2026
An employer and an employee’s view of reasonableness may differ.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
Courts have established a standard referred to as objective reasonableness when considering whether a use of force was justified, relying heavily on the perspective of the specific officer in that specific scenario.
—Claudia Lauer, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
Objective reasonableness, meanwhile, asks whether a hypothetical reasonable person would have also used force given the same circumstances.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasonableness
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Tap into desire—or, better yet, anxiety—and rationality goes out the window.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Such reactions may appear irrational under one standard yet reflect a form of rationality adapted to uncertainty, vivid impressions and limited information.—
Alejandro Hortal-Sánchez,
The Conversation,
24 Mar. 2026
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That effort advanced in March 2025, when the City Council voted to study the feasibility of bypassing LAHSA and contracting directly with providers.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The feasibility of such a scenario is yet to be established.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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With the Iran war driving up jet fuel costs for all airlines, creditors earlier this month expressed doubts about Spirit's ongoing viability, raising the possibility that the airline recognized for its bright yellow planes would be forced to sell its assets and cease operating.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The office-to-apartment conversion is part of the latest wave of older office buildings trying to compete for viability against newer buildings in Charlotte and on a national scale.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Apr. 2026
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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
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That eliminates the possibility of prices spiking by the hour based on demand signals or individual shopper data.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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So many possibilities, but maybe not a hundred thousand billion of them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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But that potentiality feels nascent in Slater’s current rendering of the part rather than fully acknowledged and explored.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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The film is set in 2029, a mere three years from now, demonstrating both an optimism about the potentiality of AI and a pessimism about the city’s trajectory.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Reasonableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasonableness. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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