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

He has studied philosophy; he has reasoned keenly; and, as one goes on through his terrible narrative, one finds that he has mental capacity of a high order.

From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by Runciman, James

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 Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various

If the place had to pass into other hands, as well his as a stranger's, he has reasoned.

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie