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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]


Example Sentences

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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

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

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023

It is rational, I believe, to take one’s own feelings seriously, and it’s important to ground one’s feelings in reason and in careful thought.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2020

See here, ma'am," she cried, seeing Sophia's scared face, "the coach is paid, and will take you anywhere in reason.

From Sophia A Romance by Weyman, Stanley John

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