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[ree-zuhn] / ˈri zən /








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This saves money for the city in the short term but likely adds billions of dollars in higher liabilities down the road, according to the Reason Foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Gabrielle Reason, director of BSS, said: "The continuing growth suggests that the peak has still yet to come - if there is one."

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Mr. Kitchens’s writing has appeared in publications including Reason and the Christian Science Monitor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Doherty began working at Reason in 1994, according to the publication’s obituary, left the company and returned in 2000 at the behest of Nick Gillespie, then editor in chief.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

“And good riddance,” added Reason, “for no matter how beautiful it seems, it’s still nothing but a prison.”

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster




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