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rationale

[rash-uh-nal] / ˌræʃ əˈnæl /


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In a note published Friday, they admitted their rationale for forecasting a weaker dollar has come unstuck.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Hunt said the expanded review would "provide a proportionate and evidence-led clinical approach" in response to "emerging findings", while decisions would be "supported by clear clinical rationale and formal governance review".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Companies’ increased focus on pay equity in recent years is a factor, Parekh adds, though the rationale behind these raises is often pragmatic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The removal of sesame flour appears to address growing sesame allergies, although the company did not explain its rationale for the change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

As a form of protest, they did not have a high success rate and the rationale behind them always struck me as quixotic.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The agencies’ stipulations are part of the record Lin will consider then; they all include spreadsheets listing the terminated grants and the rationales for their terminations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

That will create more costs for borrowers in the form of volatility and risk premiums, as investors guess at policy rationales and how the central bank will respond to recent data.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

Though Leibowitz toppled bond-market orthodoxies early in his career, he valued the wisdom of his predecessors and advised young people to ask old-timers for the rationales behind their time-tested methods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

None of these rationales bears any relation to a traditional American national security strategy.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

We have heard the rationales offered by the nuclear superpowers.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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