reasonable
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However, if technology and the AI-related theme outperformed and drove the separation between the indexes, it’s reasonable to expect those same sectors to lead the S&P 500’s underperformance.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026
A Sheriff’s Department report, which was cited by federal court-appointed monitors of the department, said Barraza claimed that Fairchild had charged at him, and that he used reasonable force in response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Nandy said there were reasonable grounds to believe the deal could affect free expression in the media and the variety of Britain's news landscape.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
He or she doesn’t say that the fraud is justified and reasonable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Standing here on the platform was not a reasonable course of action.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Vocabulary lists containing reasonable
Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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