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Ms. de Graaf is similarly skeptical of the question’s usefulness and helpfully describes what she calls “epistemic” rationality: It involves “the way you appraise reality. Maybe you appraise it differently from other people.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Mr. Naiden helpfully supplies a glossary and colorful maps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The band helpfully and correctly credits this phrase to Arab Spring activist Wael Ghonim.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

Subtitles helpfully let us know what the skittish, suspicious Dom and Cole never quite understand about their friendly host.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

But even as she said this she remembered the graffiti on the door that Boaz had tried so helpfully to wash away.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny