rationalizing

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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

As of now, the locals’ best way of rationalizing the “it can’t happen here” fallacy lies in redefining “here”: Santa Monica simply isn’t “here.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024

That promise appeals most strongly to social groups who find themselves “somehow out of sync with the rationalizing present of capitalism,” offering them a fraudulent reactivation of “unfulfilled pasts and unrealized presents.”

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2024

If Musk put a bit more effort into rationalizing his prejudices, he might have gotten off easier.

From Slate • Nov. 17, 2023

The same authority states that it is considered unlucky to whistle, and adds the rationalizing explanation that whistling attracts snakes, lizards, and other undesirable creatures into the house.

From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Jekyll, Walter