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rationality

[rash-uh-nal-i-tee] / ˌræʃ əˈnæl ɪ ti /




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“But rationality wins out in the end in the market.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

"These rules lack humanity and rationality, and they oppress us every day."

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

We comfort the comfortable, and we look for hope in norms and in institutions and in rationality.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2025

It’s the second factor that often keeps takeover bids alive long after the proposed deals lose their economic rationality.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

Likewise, the celebrated rationality of the fifth century represents a retrospective bleaching of what was actually a complex and contested story.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro




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