reasonable
Example Sentences
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“They want to do as much as they can in a reasonable time frame.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
It said that retailers should suspend sales once an extreme heat event has been declared as imminent, or in response to "reasonable, evidence based" requests from local councils.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
HUD needed to consider reasonable alternatives when it abruptly decided that the bill for LASHA’s dysfunction had come due.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
We’re trying to avoid withdrawing $100,000 from our portfolio if there’s a reasonable alternative.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
“And what objection could any reasonable person make to brown worsted?”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing reasonable
Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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