stand to reason
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When you see its humble ingredients, you will surely doubt how supremely special it is; it simply doesn’t stand to reason that such a modest list could become something so ambrosial.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
Yet it would stand to reason, for example, that McDonald’s, which has thousands of restaurants directly in countries under fire and thousands more in places starting to experience fuel shortages, would be affected.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
If the click farm was real, it would stand to reason that probably there was money being sent back and forth.
From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025
He said it did not stand to reason that the red list helped once the Omicron was already in established in this country.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2021
But with millions of puzzle pieces being tossed up into the air, it really did stand to reason that the occasional one would come down in the right place.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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