in reason
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Their purveyors are interested in some other point and therefore have no interest in reason.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Endorsements are part of a stream of persuasion based on faith in reason.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024
Per Rule 6.11’s impeachment provisions, a witness can be confronted with any evidence “that has a tendency in reason to discredit the truthfulness or accuracy of the witness’s testimony.”
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2023
“I believe in reason, in science,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023
It could not in reason be expected that they would give their services gratuitously or, as the postmasters-general were pleased to think, in return for the copy of a newspaper once a week.
From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert
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