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• v  decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
  We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house
• v  present reasons and arguments
• v  think logically
• s  logically valid

• In making its selection for Man of the Year for 1982, PTI reasoned that: "There are some occasions when the most significant force in a year's news is not a single individual but .
• Soldiers, friends, diplomats and politicians all extol his reasoned thinking and tempered judgment.
• American Catholics suggest priorities for the new Pontiff: Essay: The Vicar of Orthodoxy The Pope's dogma is a circular system that's immune to reasoned query.

• reason
• reason out
• conclude
• argue
• sound
• well-grounded

News & Articles

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• Risk Engineer
  Manage and perform detailed risk studies and robust technically sound analysis based on reasoned arguments and defensible data/information. Typical analyses and studies include:
  June 13, 2013 - Rigzone
• Media Contacts
  This is a response to Sean McElwee's article from May 10, entitled "Guns and Gun Violence Go Hand in Hand." It is extremely difficult to argue with reasoned, logical arguments -- especially when those arguments are supported by the majority of empirical statistical data on a given subject.
  June 13, 2013 - National Center For Policy Analysis
• Baltimore Pride 2013 celebration to feature mass wedding
  In a year when Maryland's same-sex couples can, for the first time, legally marry, the organizers of Baltimore Pride 2013 decided some special celebrating was required. A landmark occasion, they reasoned, called for a landmark commemoration.        
  June 13, 2013 - Baltimore Sun

Quotes

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• John Paul Stevens in Guardian Unlimited
  EPA has offered no reasoned explanation for its refusal to decide whether greenhouse gases cause or contribute to climate change,Stevens said.
• Antonin Scalia in ABC News
  No matter how important the underlying policy issues at stake, this Court has no business substituting its own desired outcome for the reasoned judgment of the responsible agency,wrote Scalia.
• Don Waddell in MiamiHerald.com
  Roosevelt said, 'We have nothing to fear but fear itself,' and what he meant by that is fear can prevent sort of reasoned analysis. The proposition that I think that I've made is that things are in fact improving and they are improving as a result... Steny Hoyer http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steny_Hoyer&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFFuM7epmOE2OM6E99auVIs7Arc4g Daily Kos (blog) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/4/23/859822/-Your-Abbreviated-Pundit-Round-up&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHsTxxmYFAfRkrhffmLzzwvuW4slw Apr 23, 2010 80861 108811 reasoner Signing Marty Reasoner was a good move for us as we look forward to next season," said general manager Don Waddell. "We knew he'd be good defensively, but he also put up some good numbers on offense for us."