Thesaurus results for RATIONALE

rationale

noun

ˌra-shə-ˈnal

as in explanation

a statement given to explain a belief or act the rationale for starting the school day an hour later is that kids will supposedly get an extra hour of sleep

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Recent Examples of rationale There’s always some rationale for red ink spending in Sacramento. —George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2025 As the barriers to measuring human variation fall, so does the rationale for a one-size-fits-all model. —Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025 Trump, explaining the rationale for his action, rattled off statistics about education failures in America. —Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025 This connection helps form a proactive trust, where leaders openly share their thoughts, decisions and rationale with employees in a very inclusive way, with humility and passion. —Edward Deangelis, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rationale

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Noun

The most likely explanation for the shooting involves Gaitok versus the thieves.

— Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2025
But there were at least explanations that made some sense for why none of those recruitments panned out.

— Jesse Temple, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025