How to Use rationale in a Sentence

rationale

noun

• His rationale for the war has changed all the time.
  — ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
• The rationale that made sense then makes even more sense now.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
• That might be part of his rationale.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
• Fine arts at the bottom seems to have some rationale to it.
  — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• The types of men who peel vary widely in both age and rationale.
  — Beatrice Aidin, Robb Report, 10 June 2021
• There are at least two other flaws with this rationale for a wealth tax.
  — Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 13 May 2026
• What was their rationale, then?
  — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026
• As for the other six hires, well, the rationale is shaky.
  — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
• Then there’s the murky rationale behind all of this.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
• So what, Plashal asked the group, is the rationale for rolling in now?
  — Danielle Paquette The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
• So, there is a rationale for the public to bear at least some of the cost of these projects.
  — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 11 Aug. 2021
• The same rationale was applied to crayons.
  — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
• The rationale has been challenged in court.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
• Others tried to find rationale in the death penalty once faced with it.
  — Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026
• What’s the rationale for the youngest kids in daycare not needing to mask?
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2021
• What’s the rationale for the no-audio-recording rule in the first place?
  — Washington Post, 13 July 2021
• Take the ones that inspire you, and write the rest of the post to give your rationale and get them on board.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
• That is a new rationale for past and future actions.
  — Dallas Morning News, 3 Jan. 2026
• The rationale for his panic varies.
  — Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
• But the strategic rationale is clear.
  — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
• The rationales have changed, but the policies remain the same.
  — Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 13 Oct. 2024
• But the nerves — the feeling of bracing for the worst — had grown as steady as the rationale for them.
  — Sam McDowell 24, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
• But that rationale has become harder to sustain as his polling has grown worse and worse.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2023
• Ratner did attack the rationale of war, just not in the way that Moyn prefers.
  — Samuel Moyn, The New York Review of Books, 8 Sep. 2021
• Trump, wearing a baseball cap but not a tie, did not offer a clear rationale.
  — Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
• Haley has clung to that rationale in the face of mounting defeats.
  — USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
• That leads us to the other bet that seems to be serving as Pritchard’s rationale.
  — Jay King, New York Times, 13 May 2026
• Some players welcomed the change and the rationale behind the shift to species.
  — Steven Dashiell, Scientific American, 31 July 2024
• The study lays out the economic rationale for closing the gap.
  — New York Times, 23 Jan. 2021
• Others have said the same — with glowing rationale.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2025