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Recent Examples of rationalization
That said, if the Bills do lose Sunday, fans also could turn to rationalization to avoid the pain.
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Tim Graham, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
As with the internet in the early 2000s, the hype might give way to a phase of rationalization, where only the most resilient and innovative players survive.
—Abdo Riani, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Politicians can always find a rationalization to spend taxpayer money on an unending list of needy programs coupled with a self-congratulatory press release.
—Len Fasano, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
This is a market rationalization, reshuffling what type of company, in what business culture, is fit to stand up and operate a robotaxi fleet.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Tim Graham, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
As with the internet in the early 2000s, the hype might give way to a phase of rationalization, where only the most resilient and innovative players survive.
—Abdo Riani, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Politicians can always find a rationalization to spend taxpayer money on an unending list of needy programs coupled with a self-congratulatory press release.
—Len Fasano, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
This is a market rationalization, reshuffling what type of company, in what business culture, is fit to stand up and operate a robotaxi fleet.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationalization
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Wells Fargo declined to comment on the rationale behind its departure from the NZBA.—
Joseph Winters,
WIRED,
8 Mar. 2025
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Communicate Clearly To safeguard productivity, performance and happiness, leaders must communicate clear expectations and the rationale behind change.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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The legally stated rationale concerning fentanyl is an obvious pretext; negligible amounts of fentanyl are coming in from Canada, and what comes from Mexico is overwhelmingly being trafficked by U.S. citizens going through official ports of entry.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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Both Canada and China have accused Trump of using fentanyl as a pretext to threaten them.—
William Gavin,
Quartz,
4 Mar. 2025
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In a letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget, Pritzker and Illinois demanded an explanation for why state agencies, nonprofits, and businesses have not received funds.—
Natalie Venegas,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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The data was added to various modeling scenarios, with the most likely explanation being a triple-body system.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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One way to take (some) of the pain out of accounting?—
Jasmin Suknanan,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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Talk to Me makes the case that understanding Haiti’s place in the New World might lead to a fuller accounting of the entire hemisphere’s history—including our own.—
Danielle Amir Jackson,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
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President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington under the pretense of negotiating a peace deal.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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But in the media-state singularity, there is not even the pretense of space between the two worlds.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
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According to certain cosmologies, their souls take on the guise of marine creatures—an idea that struck me as strangely comforting.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Those influences are often deliberate — coy and canny reworkings of previous themes and character types, presented again in new guises and winking reflections.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2025
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Take the issue of emissions – the main justification for the pause.—
Wayne Winegarden,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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The passing reference to transgender men in the original grant application appears to be the sole justification for its cancellation.—
Dan Ruetenik,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2025
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People have different reassurance languages, and using the wrong one can leave your partner feeling unsettled, even if the argument is technically over.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The argument as articulated so far by Trump administration officials appears to play down the economic benefits created by Social Security payments, infrastructure spending, scientific research and other forms of government spending that can shape an economy’s trajectory.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Rationalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationalization. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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