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Recent Examples of rationalization
The days of superstitious rationalizations were over, and any losing Cubs team in the future would have to instead look in the mirror.
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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
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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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
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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Several senators, Democrats and some Republicans, have indicated their dissatisfaction with the administration's rationale and questioned the legality of the action.—
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Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Policy-heavy delete rationales carry weight.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Under the pretext of winning the AI race with China, these companies are asking the White House and Congress to embrace an innovation-at-all-costs approach, again with no accountability.—
Ruth Vitale,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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Any unpleasant government decision—such as the August order blocking voice calls on WhatsApp and Telegram, on the pretext of preventing scams and terrorist activity—tends to be perceived mostly with passive discontent and immediate adaptation with the search for alternative practical solutions.—
ANDREI KOLESNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Sep. 2025
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But increasingly, that explanation doesn’t hold up.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The 2026 tour for Lifes Rich Pageant — never an apostrophe and never an explanation — will kick off February 11 in Denver and run through March 16 in Bloomington, IN.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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Forbes Finance Council is an invitation-only organization for executives in successful accounting, financial planning and wealth management firms.—
Tom Zachystal,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Still, they’re exposed to financial pitfalls, primarily due to insufficient accounting support.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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By showing both timelines, director Cato Kusters resists using Julian’s illness as a plot device, encouraging us to watch these women without the pretense of melodrama.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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But not everyone accepts that pretense.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
1 Sep. 2025
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All this reintroduces the problem of arbitrary outcomes, in a different guise.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
9 Sep. 2025
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Unfortunately a recent deep fake has come in the guise of a friend.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
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Lin compared Russia’s justification for the war to the messaging of China, noting expansionist aspirations in both countries.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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But Gonzalez-Bueno took aim at this justification, suggesting the creation of a banking giant controlling nearly 25% of the domestic market would backfire.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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Through attorney Darren Heitner of Heitner Legal, Turner in the arbitration hearing made several arguments that he’s entitled to the 4% commission on the Clippers contract.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Rutte and Grynkewich described NATO’s eastern flank as the front line of defense, but dismissed arguments that the whole alliance wasn’t at risk of Russian aggression.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Rationalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationalization. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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