How to Use logical in a Sentence

logical

adjective
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  • He seems to be a logical choice for the job.
  • Since she helped us before, it's logical to assume that she'll help us again.
  • She wasn't able to give me a logical explanation for her behavior.
  • And his jump was just a logical ascension of the chase.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2023
  • Steve Gilbert is a logical man, good with numbers, even ones that might not make sense to the rest of us.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The logical question is what’s the Cowboys’ plan to end this drought?
    — Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Indeed, the Dodgers and Cubs were the two most logical choices.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
  • The Allen Institute seems like a logical home for a big A.I. project.
    — Steve Lohr, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • It’s the next logical step in a shift that’s been happening for years.
    — Amit Katwala, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2022
  • If Zuckerberg were to move on, Cox is seen by many as the most logical choice to succeed him.
    — Quartz, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Of course, clients couldn’t duplicate the look at home, and a product line was the next logical step.
    — Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Lobster would have been the most logical dish to order.
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • My logical next step was to send out inquiry emails to event planners at these venues to ask about the cost.
    — Jane Morice | [email protected], cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Some new ideas emerge as the logical outgrowth of things that are already known.
    — Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2024
  • The main logical difficulty is that so few of them believe in any of the same things.
    — M. D. Aeschliman, National Review, 25 Dec. 2023
  • While Freeze isn’t tracking a depth chart throughout the spring, the Day 1 order was a logical one.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 28 Feb. 2023
  • For Wolff, brands like Tilbury are a logical way to both give women a chance and hit her numbers.
    — Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 10 June 2024
  • First and foremost, does the time travel make logical sense?
    — Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
  • McCarthy said the down and distance was the logical reason why the Cowboys didn’t go for it.
    — Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • My logical side says that lightning won’t strike twice, but my fear is my fear.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • Dodgers and the trade deadline Who are the Dodgers’ most logical trade partners as deadline nears?
    — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
  • The logical response to a bear market is to invest more, not less.
    — Liz Weston, oregonlive, 8 Oct. 2022
  • There might not be a logical landing spot for any of them until the Buccaneers are on the clock at No. 19.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023
  • This scenario is logical for the former aide, as Christie’s real chance at the White House has long passed.
    — Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Is there a risk you've felt called to take, but your logical mind continues to talk yourself out of it?
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 20 Mar. 2023
  • This is one of the worst and least logical ideas of all time, and should be called out as such. Greene’s social-media post about the idea was simple and to the point.
    — Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Of course, this is the sort of view that, taken to its logical end, can annihilate the meaning of any event.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • But debt made the most logical sense at this juncture, Bansal told Fortune.
    — Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 14 May 2024
  • Take: Identity theft is a logical target of hackers using AI tools.
    — Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
  • In the chase to satisfy the algorithm, the logical progression dictates that content be created en masse to test out the best performing.
    — Ruby Justice Thelot, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024

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