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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
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
The problem isn’t necessarily the rationalizations and justifications.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025
Under the ordinary pressures of daily life in bad circumstances, imagination and an informed sense of history can become tools for rationalization.
—Robert Pinsky, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2025
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 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
The problem isn’t necessarily the rationalizations and justifications.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025
Under the ordinary pressures of daily life in bad circumstances, imagination and an informed sense of history can become tools for rationalization.
—Robert Pinsky, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationalization
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At The Heart Of AI Chip Making The investment rationale for TSMC is grounded in its prominent position in advanced chip manufacturing.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Quite simply, Naomi and her sister, Mari, have always felt Japanese, so that was our only rationale.—
Jacklyn Krol,
People.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The sport is really just a pretext for a tale of cross-generational mutual aid that cares too much for its characters’ wider lives to take them too often to court.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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The West Bank, without even the pretext of a Hamas presence, is under a state of dual siege.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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One possible explanation involves the body’s circadian rhythm (or 24-hour clock), which plays a role in bone health, Lane said.—
Simon Spichak,
Health,
3 Sep. 2025
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The anger evokes town hall meetings, school board meetings, library meetings, any gathering where people are trying to figure out what is going on in the world right now, without any sufficient explanation.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The sale of Isak, a deal The Athletic estimates has generated around £80million in accounting profit, has only helped their position further.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Internal carbon pricing can range from a purely hypothetical accounting exercise to actual spending on in-house carbon credits, the proceeds from which go into a fund tapped for carbon-cutting activities like energy efficiency upgrades or building onsite renewables.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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But not everyone accepts that pretense.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
1 Sep. 2025
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But the Jiménezes’ work does not carry the pretense of purity.—
Ana Karina Zatarain,
New Yorker,
30 Aug. 2025
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As good as the car looks, especially in its open-top Volante guise, the real story can be found underneath its hood.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
4 Sep. 2025
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Now, palladium in a jar connected to nuclear fusion is being revived but in a different guise.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Aug. 2025
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The vessel was operating in international waters but that added to the murkiness of the legal justification.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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This document, so often a justification for violence, also contains words of reconciliation, of fortitude and healing.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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Fired from elite law firm Tinley Britt after an argument with his boss (John Slattery), Rudy barely pauses for breath before launching into righteous combat.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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In his June ruling, Judge Alsup agreed with Anthropic's argument, stating the company's use of books by the plaintiffs to train their AI model was acceptable.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Rationalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationalization. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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