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Recent Examples of rationalization
Since the rationalization for dropping the case was that this would allow Adams to support Trump’s immigration-law enforcement policies, the deal smacks of a quid pro quo in which the president seeks to maintain leverage over the mayor.
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The Editors, National Review, 21 Feb. 2025
Read: The intellectual rationalization for annexing Greenland President Trump has now returned to the fray, with a vengeance.
—Adam Price, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
The truth is that Trump’s rationalizations don’t stand up to scrutiny.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
There is no excuse and no rationalization for a vulgar, inhumane act that senselessly took a life.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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The Editors, National Review, 21 Feb. 2025
Read: The intellectual rationalization for annexing Greenland President Trump has now returned to the fray, with a vengeance.
—Adam Price, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
The truth is that Trump’s rationalizations don’t stand up to scrutiny.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
There is no excuse and no rationalization for a vulgar, inhumane act that senselessly took a life.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationalization
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The system developed its top hypothesis with a simple rationale, drawing a link to another research area and coming to a conclusion the human team had taken years to arrive at.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2025
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Currie also questioned the economic rationale for seafloor mining.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Iranian officials have dismissed that proposal as a non-starter, accusing the US of using it as a pretext to weaken and ultimately topple the Islamic Republic.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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However, taking isolated and odious episodes like this and using them as a pretext to impose punitive legislative and regulatory punishments on the rest of the private-investment community is shortsighted and harmful to people’s health.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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After a brief explanation of the challenge and its purpose, the group will hike in Lyonia Preserve and submit photos that will be used to document the biodiversity of Volusia County.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Apr. 2025
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The company didn’t offer a clear explanation, but noted that much has changed since Google first announced its plan to phase out cookies in 2019.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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Given demographic shifts forcing fewer workers to support more retirees, Social Security trust funds—as accounting constructs, not pots of gold—are scheduled under current law to be insufficient to make full payments within the next 10 years.—
Doug Criscitello,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Randall has a scholarly background in accounting, and his attraction to pluralism is fittingly pragmatic.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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What To Know According to court documents reviewed by NewsNation, Piccolo is accused of driving up to a woman in Manatee County, stopping his vehicle under the pretense of asking for directions and then exposing himself.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Moore befriended Shakespeare in 2008 under the pretense of writing a book about him, but the project never materialized.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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In fact, in a former guise this was the first company in China to manufacture automobiles.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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All would come under the guise of respect for local norms.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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What are the present political implications of trying to empathize with Germans under the Nazi regime, to better understand their own justifications for their crimes?—
Joseph Bernstein,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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This administration might use a domestic crisis as even more justification to bypass legislative and judicial oversight.—
Jane Harman,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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Gregory, who became known as Gregory the Great, had reasons to advance such an argument.—
Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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Combs’ defense team made arguments for delaying the trial up to two months, but the judge was not swayed.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Rationalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationalization. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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