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
There is no rationalizing or interpreting to be done.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025
Far too many people, who also depended on the accused for their livelihoods, ignored complaints and obvious signs of distress or simply looked the other way, rationalizing the incidents as the cost of doing business.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
If Musk put a bit more effort into rationalizing his prejudices, he might have gotten off easier.
From Slate • Nov. 17, 2023
To some rationalizing readers such advocacy will seem a sad misuse of one's professional position.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William