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Recent Examples of rationalization
Industry sources expect a dramatic rationalization of the store base.
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Footwear News, 14 Jan. 2026
The goods and services tax rationalization in September sought to boost domestic consumption and the labor reform is expected to catalyze industrialization and attract more investments.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2025
Fishel was eventually able to coax Adler to admit that his fib was merely a child's angry rationalization, born out of hurt, of their beloved parent suddenly receding from their daily life.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2025
And because this is a fairly universal phenomenon, Democratic voters are engaged in similar processes of rationalization, too.
—Sarah Stein Lubrano, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
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Footwear News, 14 Jan. 2026
The goods and services tax rationalization in September sought to boost domestic consumption and the labor reform is expected to catalyze industrialization and attract more investments.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2025
Fishel was eventually able to coax Adler to admit that his fib was merely a child's angry rationalization, born out of hurt, of their beloved parent suddenly receding from their daily life.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2025
And because this is a fairly universal phenomenon, Democratic voters are engaged in similar processes of rationalization, too.
—Sarah Stein Lubrano, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationalization
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Part of the rationale to legalize sports gambling was that professional athletes make so much money that they wouldn’t be tempted by bribes.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Atellah, who leads the union that represents more than 10,000 doctors in public and private hospitals, also questioned the rationale for locating the facility in Kenya, noting the country’s strained healthcare system.—
Larry Madowo,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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The Kremlin is making false accusations that could be used in the future as pretexts for military attacks.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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The Golden Knights have used the flimsy pretext of still being alive in the playoffs to deny other teams –– especially division rivals like the Kings and Edmonton Oilers –– permission to speak to Cassidy about vacancies.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
25 May 2026
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That was also typical of childhood, when many strange and unsettling things were accepted without explanation.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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White can point to patterns and minutes restrictions, and there is a reasonable basketball explanation for managing Boston's workload.—
Dan Zaksheske OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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The Florida Legislature never undertook a full accounting of the money the state spent fighting the amendments.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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Harkins has over 20 years of financial and accounting leadership experience.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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In a work culture that has spent a decade celebrating grit, Cowan’s quieter argument—that caring openly is the more rigorous path to performance, and that the expensive thing is not the pause but the pretense—may be the one most worth remembering on a Monday morning.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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According to Placer Superior Court filings, one false pretenses count and the personal identifying information charge stemmed from a June 21, 2025, incident.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2026
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And that came in the guise of a serious illness that threatens — but then ends up solidifying — the unbreakable bond between Deborah (Jean Smart) and her protégé, Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder), something that has been built up over the course of five seasons.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
29 May 2026
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Dwayne Johnson is a confident guy and has donned any number of ridiculous guises during his Saturday Night Live hosting gigs over the years.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
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Relatively unsuccessful competitors like Aston Martin and Volkswagen’s Lamborghini must have felt some justification.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Beijing would occasionally cite the presence of Uyghur militants in Syria and Afghanistan as justification for these detentions.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
26 May 2026
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There are arguments each one in terms of the same themes of power and agency and wielding that.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
30 May 2026
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But these arguments, about how free expression is defined, whether art that offends is inherently harmful, and whose sensibilities determine what art gets shown to the public, would recur again and again.—
Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
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“Rationalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationalization. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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