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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.
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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.
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Nov. 2025
In the same study, in fact, Republican voters also shifted their beliefs about many other topics to help with this rationalization process.
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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
In the same study, in fact, Republican voters also shifted their beliefs about many other topics to help with this rationalization process.
—
Sarah Stein Lubrano,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rationalization
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationalization
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The rationale is understandable.
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That, together with preemptive blocking and generalized rationales, suggests that the volunteer community is increasingly prioritizing prevention, efficiency and content quality over efforts to rehabilitate new users.
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That lead to concerns that the government could be using security as a pretext to silence critics and prevent possible anti-NATO demonstrations during the summit.
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Latvian intelligence believes the legal campaign is not only about the courtroom, but about building a narrative Moscow could later use as a pretext for action.
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Espeland offers a technical explanation.
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Another expert — the state archaeologist — also will study the hole, likely this week, even as some remain skeptical of the sinkhole explanation.
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Many people quickly balked that degrees such as nursing, accounting, architecture and physical therapy were excluded and confined to loan limits of $20,500 annually and $100,000 over a lifetime.
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This is because of some peculiar accounting.
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Fernando Navarro, 53, of Minneapolis, is facing four counts of felony fraud for collecting nearly $70,000 in funds from Minnesota's medical assistance program under false pretenses.
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Parliament was self-destructively arrogant in declining the colonies any vote or even much pretense of a say.
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The slow-burn thriller is partially based on a 17th century ballad in which the heroic outlaw’s cousin, a malevolent prioress, bleeds the older, ailing Robin to death under the guise of the ancient medical treatment known as bloodletting.
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In a post on X, Bugti said that those who target state officials under the guise of peaceful protest would not escape accountability.
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There's no justification for this.
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There's no doubt that the media played an inordinate role in allowing COVID-19 mandates and restrictions to start, expand, and continue well beyond any reasonable justification.
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The witness heard the argument and saw O’Neal punch the woman in the face, according to court documents.
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Marlene Zuk, an evolutionary biologist and the author of a 2013 book that debunked some of Voegtlin’s arguments, recalled how the Paleo community dealt with this evidence that challenged their largely carb-avoidant worldview.
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“Rationalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationalization. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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