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with reason

Idioms  
  1. For a ground or cause, justifiably, as in He turned down their offer, but with reason—he didn't want to move his family to a big city. [c. 1600]


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Doherty was the author of several books, with Reason saying his most notable work was the 2007 study “Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement.”

From Los Angeles Times

In truth, it is devilishly complicated and all beings blessed with reason should be able to see that there are always strong counter arguments.

From BBC

"Your war is not with your neighbours," he wrote in a post on X. "Return to your surroundings, and deal with your neighbours with reason and responsibility before the circle of isolation and escalation widens."

From BBC

In that scenario, you need an agency led by people who respond to crises with reason and levelheadedness in order to mitigate conspiratorial thinking.

From Slate

By the spring of 2005, Howie Hubler and his traders believed, with reason, that these diabolical insurance policies they’d created were dead certain to pay off.

From Literature