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verb

past tense of reason

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasoned
Adjective
  • Translated, the deficits and debt have always been a logical effect of too much tax revenue in the present and the expectation of much more in the future.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Never mind that the big shock is silly, sensationalistic, and riddled with logical errors.
    Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • There’s something to be said about working that way, but the difference for Agents is that the songs were, in turn, more considered and fleshed out by the time they were brought to the band, even if those songs demanded more work afterward.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The early part of Wang’s new movie mirrors the intimacy on display in Apolonia, Apolonia, Lea Glob’s considered portrait of an artist.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Some students, Adams said, may not have understood why Pepperdine had developed a shelter-in-place policy.
    Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • And yet Bloom’s quaint, daydreamy reactions are prompted by what, in Joyce’s time, was understood to be a new and overwhelming urban modernity, a kind of attentional bombardment.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The companies argued that their top competitors were not conventional supermarkets but food behemoths like Walmart, Costco, Amazon and even dollar stores.
    Alina Selyukh, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The preliminary injunctions issued by an Oregon court found in favor of the Federal Trade Commission, which had argued the deal would violate antitrust law.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Give yourself 24 hours to complete and publish a project — or a similarly reasonable timetable depending on the size of the task.
    Amy Landino, Contributor, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
  • What about interacting via keyboard with generative AI? Mull that over and decide if that’s a reasonable act or an outrageously off-the-mark act.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • That would be demonstrated if general relativity is derivable from quantum gravity.
    Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
  • And to little purpose, there being agreement among most faiths on the important morals, generally derivable from the golden rule.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Knowing that this portion is noncritical provides the freedom to take calculated risks without the fear of negatively impacting overall financial stability.
    Odiri Oginni, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • However, his recent moves suggest a calculated resurgence.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • The reprogrammed cells were injected into a mouse embryo, resulting in a chimeric mouse with physical traits derived from both the donor embryo and the reprogrammed stem cells.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Other names for December's full moon are derived from Native American, European and colonial sources, which include the Drift Clearing Moon, and the Little Spirit Moon.
    John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Reasoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasoned. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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