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rationally

[rash-uh-nl-ee, rash-nl-] / ˈræʃ ə nl i, ˈræʃ nl- /


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“We cannot rationally justify a pause when a Governing Council driven by an insurance motive now faces a substantially worse inflation outlook than in March,” he added.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Even if you believe in the goals, none of them is rationally achievable within the traditional investor’s horizon of a few years or even a few decades, much less within your lifetime.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

“And so we are really just running the engine rationally so that we can acquire more bitcoin and hold it longer to the benefit of all of the investors.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

"With these findings, we're laying a new foundation for rationally designing tires."

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

Of course, if I think about it rationally, they’d probably assume I was one of the middle-class indigenas, not a poor longa.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau




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