in reason

Idioms

Also, within reason. Inside the bounds of good sense, justification, or practicality. For example, We need to keep our prices in reason, or He promised to do what he can to help us, within reason. [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

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It’s just rooted in reason and the real world.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

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

“I believe in reason, in science,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023

If she wrote, what in reason could she write except a definite sentence of banishment?

From The Lash by Lyman, Olin L.

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