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Recent Examples of rationalization
There has been a lot of finger pointing, blame and rationalization from all sides, but the silver lining for travelers is that with Vegas visitation down, whatever the reasons, the city is starting to roll out travel deals, even on the Strip, were hotels have been resistant to package discounts.
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
It is chipped away via abdication: rationalizations and compromises as those with power and influence tell themselves that yielding just a little ground will keep them safe or that finding common ground with a disrupter is more practical than standing against him.
—Daniel Ziblatt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
The days of superstitious rationalizations were over, and any losing Cubs team in the future would have to instead look in the mirror.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
In the first half of the year, Gucci trimmed its store count by 18 units, as part of a broader retail rationalization process implemented by Kering across its brands, which will see a total of 80 store closures in 2025, up from the 50 announced at the start of the year.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2025
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
It is chipped away via abdication: rationalizations and compromises as those with power and influence tell themselves that yielding just a little ground will keep them safe or that finding common ground with a disrupter is more practical than standing against him.
—Daniel Ziblatt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
The days of superstitious rationalizations were over, and any losing Cubs team in the future would have to instead look in the mirror.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
In the first half of the year, Gucci trimmed its store count by 18 units, as part of a broader retail rationalization process implemented by Kering across its brands, which will see a total of 80 store closures in 2025, up from the 50 announced at the start of the year.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationalization
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Part of the rationale for Major League Soccer adopting a summer season was the diversity of the climate in the United States.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Byrne explains Bornstein’s rationale behind that.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Anything from Hamas’s refusal to accept terms of transitional period, completely disarming, or a violent incident could become a pretext to violate the ceasefire.—
Shibley Telhami,
Time,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Maduro government says Trump is using the targeting of drug cartels as a pretext for regime change.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
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To the uninitiated, this explanation might seem a little… off-kilter.—
James Factora,
Them.,
21 Oct. 2025
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Aircraft, ammunition belts, bolts of fabric, mine-working, kilt-making, cement-mixing, nuns, saris and American football have all been marshaled as explanations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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The project comes after Herard became the steward of L’s estate in 2020 and attained a proper accounting of what’s owned by, and owed to, the late rapper.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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In a statement, a GM spokesman said the filing this week noting the loss was in response to the company's having to adjust the valuation of EV assets that have proven underutilized or not used at all, per accounting rules.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
16 Oct. 2025
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Under this pretense, wearing a MAGA hat in a Google office or entertaining eugenicist ideas about race and intelligence was a way of daring to go where liberals feared to tread.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Under the pretense of a back-to-school rules review, the sophomore through senior classes at Ruskin were treated to a stirring drumline performance before a shocked Sixta took the the stage.—
Ilana Arougheti
Updated October 7,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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In this guise, Saverino is breathless with excitement.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
14 Oct. 2025
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All under Guadagnino’s scrupulous direction and cinematographer Malik Sayeed’s (Belly) visualization, the performative guise of Ivy League school decorum delivers as the perfect dichotomy to the serious nature of what these characters put each other through.—
Malik Peay,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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The labels always come first; the justification follows.—
Alexis Coe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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White House officials have cited the violent scenes in and around Chicago as justification for bringing in the National Guard.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday, during the state’s closing argument, Sund said that Uso, then 17, planned the killing after Kline ended their relationship.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
17 Oct. 2025
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Because nobody has the attention span sufficient to think through an argument and find common ground.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Rationalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationalization. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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