reasonable
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“We have these inactive lines still available because there is a reasonable chance we’re going to use them in the future,” Shinjini Menon, Edison’s senior vice president of system planning and engineering, said then.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
You were still required to make a reasonable estimate of your tax bill and pay by April 15.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
But we should eschew the temptation to treat Kirkmeyer like a reasonable person.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
City Manager Reginald Goodson, who wasn’t in the role at the time, wrote to the state auditor that work gatherings, such as team dinners, are commonly paid for “if considered reasonable and appropriate.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
It’s reasonable to presume, then, that the greater part of their mental, religious and emotional lives was conducted without the help of artefacts.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing reasonable
Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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