rationally

Example Sentences

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The risky firm rationally self-selects onto the oversight track.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

He is bitter and scared, and he has lost the ability to reason rationally, if he ever had that ability.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Now, how is that rationally related to white-collar-crime reduction?

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026

And he would talk his sons through conflicts patiently and rationally, “through all sides of what was happening,” Ryan said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

“Even when you knew, rationally, that there was nothing in it that could harm you.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor