rationale
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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
This was the essence of the rationale laid out by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong when the company said in May that it would lay off 14% of its workforce and eliminate “pure managers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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
His rationale is that those higher rates “reflect stronger activity momentum.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Abigail described the decision to resume negotiations with France as “a master stroke of policy” because it averted a French war and removed the rationale for Hamilton’s army at one fell swoop.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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
“Each change arrives wrapped in a reasonable rationale: fiscal discipline, local control, parental choice. But arrange them in the order a child actually grows, and the rationales stop mattering.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
The companies have offered differing rationales for the reductions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 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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