rationalization
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With the Times, he plays out the “family” rationalization by getting weepy over a colleague who ventured pregnant into a war zone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
While Rockefeller was the most spectacularly successful at monopoly building—what he gently termed “cooperation”—he was also part of a greater movement in American business toward rationalization and centralization.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
“Marketplace is undergoing a rationalization, addition by subtraction, as we reduce our exposure while the risk pool stabilizes,” Zubretsky said, according to a FactSet transcript.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025
This form of rationalization and denial is embarrassingly evident in a recent apologia by David Brooks, the New York Times’ notion of an ideal conservative.
From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025
To the extent this represented a quantitative judgment, it was certainly true; yet in qualitative terms, it may be viewed as a desperate rationalization of a foregone conclusion.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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