rational
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And sometimes those emotional decisions are economically rational, too.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Is this a rational way to structure the U.S. government?
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
At the same time, your brain’s amygdala, or fear and emotion center, calms down and its prefrontal cortex, which governs rational thought, amps up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
He added: "Her conclusions are rational and supported by proper, adequate and intelligible reasons."
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Yet even those tiny carpets, all of which can fit in the span of an atom, cover all of the rational numbers.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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