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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 president has offered several rationales for the war in Iran, chief among them dismantling Tehran’s nuclear program.
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The result is a system in which some districts can spend tens of thousands of dollars more per student than others, with no strategic rationale to explain why a student in one community receives far more support than a student in another.
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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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Predicting pink Dig a little deeper, and another possible explanation for the abundance of pink at the tournament emerges.
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Much of the international media dutifully reported Russia’s explanation alongside reports of the attack, creating the impression that responsibility remained genuinely uncertain and that both narratives deserved roughly equal consideration.
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Engineering, education, business development and accounting and finance also remained reliable sources of fully remote opportunities.
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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 business owners argue that they’ve been denied leases in Westport for racially discriminatory reasons under the guise of improving public safety.
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Footballing success, in differing guises, came a long time ago.
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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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Chicago police said that an argument between the victim and another male turned into a fight when the male pulled out a gun and shot the victim.
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The stars aligned, and we — the fans — were transported right into the middle of an argument over balls and strikes between the home plate umpire and A's manager Mark Kotsay.
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“Rationalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationalization. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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