reasonable
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They synthesize and parrot back the script’s outrageous plot points, serving as a Greek chorus, though being reasonable wouldn’t push Anna toward her destiny.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
“Recent reporting of the meeting is highly exaggerated and distorted. The meeting between Pentagon and Vatican officials was a respectful and reasonable discussion,” the Pentagon said in a statement on X.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
"As a club which has its roots in the mining companies, and is based in an area with a social housing rate of 60%, we have a responsibility to be financially reasonable," the director outlines.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
It is reading a cold transcript under a regime of extreme deference, where a claim that feels powerful can still founder if the justices conclude that Mississippi’s reading of the record was at least reasonable.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
Everything he said was completely reasonable, and yet she suddenly found that she’d started laughing and that she couldn’t stop, leaning on his shoulder for balance.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Vocabulary lists containing reasonable
Twelve Angry Men
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Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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