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Recent Examples of rationalization
But Irwin, for one, is skeptical of this rationalization.
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John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Felipe Munoz, global analyst at JATO Dynamics had expected plenty of rationalization from the merger.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
In fact, in some cases, providing explanations can reduce trust by exposing the system’s limitations or offering post-hoc rationalizations that users instinctively recognize as hollow.
—Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
This baffling rationalization ignores the entire point of the process by which visa holders become permanent residents and, often, citizens (not to mention the existence of time).
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
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John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Felipe Munoz, global analyst at JATO Dynamics had expected plenty of rationalization from the merger.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
In fact, in some cases, providing explanations can reduce trust by exposing the system’s limitations or offering post-hoc rationalizations that users instinctively recognize as hollow.
—Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
This baffling rationalization ignores the entire point of the process by which visa holders become permanent residents and, often, citizens (not to mention the existence of time).
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationalization
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Mangione's red notebook, seized during his arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania, contained statements allegedly explaining his rationale for targeting UnitedHealthcare and seeking maximum public impact.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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Some of the rationale around who should or should not get COVID boosters, in my view, feels like an opening to removing the availability of flu vaccines.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
10 June 2025
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In this light, the argument that noncompetes are about protecting confidential information is mostly a pretext for their true purpose of preventing employees from pursuing better opportunities.—
Sam Peak,
Sun Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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To punctuate how serious that timetable is, earlier today the feds sent a letter to the judge floating that Combs and his defense actually wanted Ventura to go into labor on the stand so that could use the flurry as pretext for a new mistrial motion.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
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Unless Troops Deployed Other explanations for the declining employment opportunities for white men could lie in troubles in some industries that employ more white men than white women, for example.—
Christian Weller,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Perhaps the best explanation for some of the problems with the rerecordings is that Swift was rushing through them.—
Tyler Foggatt,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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However, TVLine may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
3 June 2025
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The risk profile can be refined by gathering information about key accounting policies and procedures, as well as the current and historical unclaimed property process.—
Jon D'Amato,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Perhaps Posey will look into that now that the pretense of the campaign has been lost.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
5 June 2025
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UConn is already closing small classes and programs on the pretense of efficiency, while asking faculty to teach increasingly larger classes.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2025
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This was a trouncing of historical proportions, the biggest margin of defeat in the history of the Champions League final, both in its current version and its previous guise as European Cup.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Newspapers, once only a platform to distribute daily happenings, are continuing to inspire, only in a different guise.—
Samantha Tse,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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The rulings against the levies in two federal courts – the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. -- centered on Trump's unprecedented invocation of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act as a legal justification for tariffs.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
30 May 2025
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End of story — there is no justification, nothing that makes this right.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 2025
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But Circuit Judge John Jordan issued an 18-page decision that rejected the arguments.—
News Service Of Florida,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 June 2025
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June 26: The Supreme Court upholds parts of the ban and schedules oral arguments for October.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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“Rationalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationalization. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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