rationally

Example Sentences

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Rationally and economically, therefore, they ought to be obligated to pay for the information they are using.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

Rationally, I know that I am what society considers generally attractive and that staring down my flaws won’t make them disappear.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2023

Rationally, this should be enough to stop any contagion from spreading and taking down more banks, which can happen in the blink of an eye in the digital age.

From Reuters • Mar. 13, 2023

Rationally, I know that my daughter’s chances of dying by gunfire in school is 1 in 10 million.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2022

Rationally I knew that the dead boy could not bother me, but he had become alive for me in a way that I could not dismiss.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright