rational
Example Sentences
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When crossing a size threshold means forfeiting valuable exemptions and preferences, rational owners stay below it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Is this a rational way to structure the U.S. government?
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
He added: "Her conclusions are rational and supported by proper, adequate and intelligible reasons."
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
So a lot of people think bubbles are an ideological thing, instead of a material thing with reasons and motives that are totally rational — and that we can short-circuit.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
There has to be a rational explanation, I tell myself again.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing rational
Positive Adjectives to Describe People
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Arithmetic
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The Number System
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