reason
noun
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc..
has reasoned
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present perfectof reason (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Despite those concerns, the U.S. has more to gain than lose from a close friendship with India, the White House has reasoned.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
The court has reasoned that the First Amendment prohibits a type of “law,” not a type of business policy, so it looks for activity by a state or federal official—state action—before it enforces the amendment.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2018
It is physically impossible that both are right, and it is absurd and barbarous that the people should perish because one of these two princes has reasoned badly.
From Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works by G. W. (George William) Foote
The child, who, having burnt his fingers, avoids to thrust them again into the fire, has reasoned or inferred, though he has never thought of the general maxim—fire burns.
From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by George Jacob Holyoake
He has reasoned to the conclusion that his murmuring and weeping will not alter matters and he has resolved to take things as they come.
From The Crown of Thorns : a token for the sorrowing by E. H. (Edwin Hubbell) Chapin
