rationalize
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Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins in a presentation mostly aimed at showing that the agencies would harmonize their rules to promote cryptocurrency innovation and rationalize margin collateral requirements in securities markets.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
Dahlia Lithwick: There is a very human propensity, especially in times of crisis, to normalize and rationalize and temporize.
From Slate • Dec. 17, 2025
They rationalize this otherwise contradictory behavior by telling themselves that even though the bubble assets they’re investing in are grossly overvalued, they will know when to get out — just before the bubble bursts.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 8, 2025
Even if it could still rationalize that its transactions with OpenAI are quantitatively insignificant, there is no denying that the overall relationship with OpenAI is quite material.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
She was missing Johnny so terribly and thinking so, to rationalize his not being there.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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