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
Evert has reasoned and talked so much to my father and mother," continued the fiancée, blushing, "that they have thought we had better be married at once.
From Wyandotte by James Fenimore Cooper
Gilbert has reasoned with his mind— He says 'twas all a dream; He strives his inward sight to blind Against truth's inward beam.
From Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell by Charlotte Brontë
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
