reason
noun
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc..
had reasoned
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past perfectof reason.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The federal appeals court had reasoned the dog toy product was a creative work parodying the whiskey bottle and therefore was protected by the First Amendment.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
The buses, about 19 of them, were paid for by the Mexican government, he said, which had reasoned that the migrants would have walked north anyway and provided a police escort to keep them safe.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
In deciding to leave Kyiv, Zaritska had reasoned it would be safer on the capital’s outskirts instead of its urban center.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2022
Dakota LeRoy, a 25-year-old product designer in Manhattan who is fully vaccinated, had reasoned that it would be safe to go to a Christmas-themed dive bar to celebrate a new job last week.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
Rocky had reasoned it out with him; it was impossible for the dead man to be Josiah, because Josiah was an old Laguna man, thousands of miles from the Philippine jungles and Japanese armies.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
