- present participle of rationalize.
rationalizing
Example Sentences
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It included shrinking state-owned companies; cutting government bureaucracy; creating a private housing market; and rationalizing public finances in a way that allowed Beijing to function as a modern state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The agency describes the move as "a step forward in rationalizing its use and promoting its safe and responsible use."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2026
There is no rationalizing or interpreting to be done.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025
In rationalizing the closing of his shop, Tolliver reminded me he’d scaled back to working part time and was only cutting the hair of a core group of customers and friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2024
I heard nothing but the chaotic ramblings within my mind, the rationalizing manipulation versus the over-powering guilt which lashed viciously at my temptation to steal.
From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Lauren Ann Isaacson
