reasonable
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At that time, they looked like a reasonable choice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
My assumption has always been that on average they were reasonable, but a reality check can’t hurt.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Analysts’ call for 13% earnings per share growth in calendar year 2027 may yet prove reasonable.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The law mandates that firms take "reasonable steps" to keep kids off their platforms, and should use multiple age assurance technologies like IDs, face or voice recognition.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
She couldn’t make soap with ashes and fat as Aunt Chipo had done in the village—every morsel of fat went down her throat—but she made a reasonable substitute from the boiled roots of ruredzo plants.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing reasonable
Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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