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reason

[ree-zuhn] / ˈri zən /








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In an era when documentaries are made for everything and nothing, it’s critical to remember that searching for reason in something as immense as the human condition is a fool’s errand.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

In a 1963 Canadian Parliamentary committee, for example, a witness from the chemical industry prominently cited it as reason chemical pesticides were required: to feed the approaching population explosion.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

And with good reason, because they offer triple tax benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

That freedom is one reason Rodriguez believes independent film is so important for stories like “Hurricane Seasons.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

They had not expected a man who would reason so well.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

"Whatever a broadcast partner decides to do, they have their reasons for it," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

One of the people said he is leaving for family reasons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

I would be lying if I didn’t say one of the big reasons I wanted to do that was because I found out Rory Kinnear sings opera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Christine Idzelis covered the reasons behind such a sharp tumble for the CoreWeave bonds and what they signal for bond and stock investors in other tech companies.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

What were the real reasons for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire?

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

“I reasoned that the intensity of his anger at me, anger that could make him spit and throw things, was proportionate to the intensity of our creative connection,” Dunham wrote in the book.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

It is much easier to try to shut people down by calling them names than to make reasoned arguments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Amazon also could offset pressure on the advertising segment through other areas of the business, he reasoned, noting that any pressure would likely amount to a small fraction of overall revenue.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

If a magnetic field was present, Weiss and his colleagues reasoned, it should have left a lasting imprint on some of the material forming within the disk.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Then why, reasoned Brother Rufus, did the rats not give aid to their own companions?

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

But in July 2023, the federal district court dismissed his complaint, reasoning that Salazar didn’t count as a “consumer” under the statute because he was only subscribed to a newsletter, “not audio visual content.”

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

The self-declared modern-day Miss Marple warned Kenny to be on the lookout for anyone acting differently, reasoning that "if you're suddenly a traitor, you're going to be a bit on high alert".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The reasoning was that if animals had already existed at the time, such an unusually well-preserved fossil deposit should have captured evidence of them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

On advanced reasoning benchmarks, Beam can achieve comparable scores to GLM-5.2 with three to four times less processing computing, according to Reflection.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

The usual reasoning is instead circular: because technological differences exist, the existence of corresponding ideological differences is inferred.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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