rational

Example Sentences

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“Even though in a rational world you should look at your total budget, when one of those buckets starts exceeding, you feel emotionally and psychologically stressed.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Nations that believe they can outcompete anyone, anywhere embrace open markets as a matter of rational self-interest.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

His most influential work, The Theory of Communicative Action, published in 1981, argued that human societies were sustained not by political or economic power but by the capacity for rational dialogue.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Planning is for weaklings, rational analysis is disdained, the amygdala and the gut replace the cerebral cortex.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

I know it is not rational, but I have a feeling that what I am looking for is inside that tunnel-like opening.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga