in reason

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

Their purveyors are interested in some other point and therefore have no interest in reason.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Such inflated numbers are not grounded in reason, have no basis in the record, no support in the governing law, and no place in a fair and impartial enforcement system,” they wrote in their filing.

From Los Angeles Times

In an article in Reason magazine, the historian James J. Martin described the case as a “glittering press agent’s spectacle aimed at trying the personification of a World War II soldier’s legend, not a person with civil and constitutional rights.”

From Los Angeles Times

“During the first 10 years of the study I had believed ... that the Gombe chimpanzees were, for the most part, rather nicer than human beings,” she wrote in “Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey,” a 1999 book co-authored with Phillip Berman.

From Los Angeles Times

Endorsements are part of a stream of persuasion based on faith in reason.

From Salon

Related Words

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