rational
Example Sentences
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The Man Leaving Town sounded quite rational about the absurdities of his profession.
The price war has drawn the ire of Beijing, with China’s top market regulator earlier this year calling for the companies to engage in “rational” competition.
For some, withdrawing into a small personal space and lowering expectations seems like a rational, even self-protective, response.
From MarketWatch
The sculptures lovingly sanctify a keystone’s rational but enigmatic contradiction of mechanics and function.
From Los Angeles Times
Blanc will reveal the truth, proclaiming his choice to “kneel at the altar of the rational.”
From Los Angeles Times
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