rationales

plural of rationale
as in explanations
a statement given to explain a belief or act the rationale for starting the school day an hour later is that kids will supposedly get an extra hour of sleep

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Recent Examples of rationales These various rationales add up to one approach, especially in the most high-design, high-tech high-rises. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024 This episode of What’s Ahead demolishes the rationales of these anti-car fanatics. Steve Forbes, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024 The rationales have changed, but the policies remain the same. Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 13 Oct. 2024 All of these rationales have further raised the stakes on what will happen after the Party Congress is finished. Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2022
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Noun
  • The mismanagement of the past cannot be changed with more investigations and explanations.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Crombie emphasized that in designing the human printer, the artisans were not too concerned about having meticulous scientific explanations behind each visual aspect.
    Abigail Lee, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The panel explicitly rejected arguments distinguishing OSC’s power from other executive agencies, reinforcing expansive executive authority in this area.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Defence lawyers sought a closed trial, but their arguments were rejected by the judge in mid-February and it will be held in open court.
    Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025

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“Rationales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationales. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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