syllogistic

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Adjective
  • Berman and Kessler argue this is a logical and organic pivot for MMRs.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • However, a resignation or even a leave of absence now looks like a logical outcome.
    Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Oritain’s proprietary forensic origin verification methodology uses multiple analytical techniques, including isotopes, trace elements and non-traditional isotopes, along with statistical modeling through a global reference database to ensure supply chain transparency.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Maybe Cora wasn’t fully bought in to Breslow’s analytical ways or simply had his own ideas about how to best move forward.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Evans and his backers were rational actors inside an irrational system.
    Big Think, Big Think, 1 May 2026
  • By any rational examination, there are more people on Rikers than need to be for public safety.
    Jonathan Lippman, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • In California, the Los Angeles County Counsel is probing allegations that State Farm delayed, underpaid and denied valid insurance claims from last year's wildfires.
    Michael Copley, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Twin Metals filed a federal lawsuit seeking a declaration that the leases are still valid but a judge threw the case out in 2023.
    Todd Richmond, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • But security experts say the name may be a flag of convenience rather than a coherent group, and its claims should be treated with caution.
    Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Within mathematics, a better marketing campaign would probably look like a coherent theory, the kind Nelson sought — a set of formal rules, like those underlying modern math, that excludes infinity but is powerful enough to do useful mathematics.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • This sort of a priori justification for ESAs explains a few things.
    Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • These new loops manufacture demand, legitimacy, and cultural weight—not because of what the content says, but because of how it was engineered a priori.
    Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The leading option for this was developed by John Moffat in the same year that the Bullet Cluster’s empirical proof was released.
    Big Think, Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Sourcing Similar to other empirical approaches, sourcing analysis studies are also preoccupied with questions of audience voice, among wider questions of power and access to public debate.
    Daniel Jackson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • With a reasonable chance that both sides win all their remaining games, the size of each victory matters.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Although executors may be paid reasonable compensation—often up to 5% of the estate’s value—you aren’t required to accept the role.
    Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Syllogistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syllogistic. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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