How to Use reasoning in a Sentence
reasoning
noun
- Humans possess the power of reasoning.
- Could you explain your reasoning?
- They told everyone the reasoning behind the decision.
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The reasoning is the same in each of the judge's orders, which total about 750 pages.
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Chris Eberhart,
Fox News,
11 Mar. 2023
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In terms of the people who did not vote for it, what was your sense of their reasoning?
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Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2024
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Just before Nyah was born, the singer shared the reasoning behind her name on The View.
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Makena Gera,
Peoplemag,
31 Mar. 2024
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Her reasoning was linked to the odd reminders of Kerdiles that were all around her that week.
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Kelly Wynne,
Peoplemag,
18 Jan. 2024
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Kathie tried reasoning with the man first, asking him to turn around.
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Marisa Kwiatkowski,
USA TODAY,
14 May 2024
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As the reasoning writhes around, one fact becomes clear.
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Parul Sehgal,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2024
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The reasoning was that T’Challa is too big a character to lose so soon.
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Chris Smith,
BGR,
12 Nov. 2022
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But Democrats on the court called that reasoning absurd.
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Laura A. Bischoff,
The Enquirer,
15 Aug. 2024
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There's there's a reasoning behind it for the front office.
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Todd Rosiak,
Journal Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2023
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The justices did not provide a reasoning for the hold, but it is thought that it was ordered to give them more time to prepare the facts of the case.
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Justin Klawans,
The Week,
22 Apr. 2023
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But its reasoning has to do with new for-sale listings and mortgage rates.
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Byalena Botros,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2024
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The chatbot could label it a hate crime or not and explain the reasoning behind that call.
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Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
28 Mar. 2024
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After a few years, the reasoning was, the world could stop worrying about type 2.
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Byleslie Roberts,
science.org,
7 May 2024
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Just as well, as his reasoning is long gone after eight-plus drinks.
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Meredith Goldstein,
BostonGlobe.com,
21 July 2023
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The two-page order did not explain the reasoning for the decision but noted that the case would be heard this fall.
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Kaelan Deese,
Washington Examiner,
7 Aug. 2023
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The royal’s reasoning was released as part of a hearing about his right to protection while in the U.K.
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Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
7 Dec. 2023
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He was invited back for a short while but did not like their reasoning.
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Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
3 June 2024
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In dissent, Judge Ilana D. Rovner said there were at least two flaws in that reasoning.
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Adam Liptak,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2023
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As the judge explained his reasoning, Mr. Zhao’s son silently pumped his fist.
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David Yaffe-Bellany,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2024
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After the caseworker explained their reasoning for taking custody, the judge ticked off the facts of the case.
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Jessica Lussenhop,
ProPublica,
15 June 2023
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His reasoning is backed up by a recent study from a group of Fed officials.
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Emily Graffeo,
Fortune,
1 Sep. 2023
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Even if the logical reasoning is correct, this of course does not hold.
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Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
4 Oct. 2022
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Brown then explained the reasoning behind his bright cleats.
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Hannah Sacks,
Peoplemag,
11 Oct. 2023
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The humorous side of all that is not just the circular reasoning.
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John S. Tobey,
Forbes,
9 Oct. 2022
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Part of the reasoning for that was because the impending construction of a bus rapid transit line along the street.
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Jonathan Shikes,
The Denver Post,
17 Oct. 2024
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The book tells the story of a school shooting, however, Picoult claims that had little to do with the reasoning behind the ban.
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Angel Saunders,
People.com,
1 Nov. 2024
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Among the many types of prompt engineering is chain-of-thought prompting, in which users ask the model to break down its reasoning process into a series of steps, rather than simply providing an answer.
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Clint Boulton,
Forbes,
31 Oct. 2024
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