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Six example sentences with rationality, each labelled with its topic.
Under pressure his rationality held: he listed the options, weighed each risk, and chose without letting panic decide.
Psychology
Classical models assume perfect rationality, expecting every shopper to compare all prices calmly before choosing the cheapest tin of beans.
Economics
Ancient teachers trained students to answer anger with rationality, pausing to examine each claim before agreeing to anything.
Philosophy
Markets assume the rationality of investors, yet crowds still buy at the top and sell in a panic.
Finance
Judges test a rule for rationality, asking whether the restriction bears any sensible relation to its stated aim.
Law
The board prized rationality over instinct, and every proposal came with numbers before it came with a story.
Business
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