- present participle of rationalize.
rationalizing
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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
Far too many people, who also depended on the accused for their livelihoods, ignored complaints and obvious signs of distress or simply looked the other way, rationalizing the incidents as the cost of doing business.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
This explains how in love, religion, in the moral life, in politics, and elsewhere, belief can withstand the logical assaults of the rationalizing intelligence—its power is found everywhere.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Albert Heyem Nachmen Baron
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