stand to reason
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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
It would stand to reason, then, that the entrepreneur would be curious about outsmarting our own creations.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2022
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
The results stand to reason, Dr. Atchley explains.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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