reasonable
Example Sentences
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As executor, you have the right to a reasonable amount of time to probate the estate, and the beneficiaries will have to wait until that process is complete.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Mr. Streeting can be reasonable on some issues, especially the need for reforms to the National Health Service that might allow more private-sector involvement.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
“It is reasonable to ask us to partner together to be on the other side of the table and negotiate, but it is not OK to do so without that process.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
“The Commission is committed to its constitutionally mandated role to regulate public utilities in the interest of prudent and reasonable rates for ratepayers, businesses and the Commonwealth as a whole,” it added in a statement.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
“And this,” said she, “is the end of all his friend’s anxious circumspection! of all his sister’s falsehood and contrivance! the happiest, wisest, most reasonable end!”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Vocabulary lists containing reasonable
Twelve Angry Men
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Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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List 6
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