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His campaign to combine companies and rationalize industries culminated in U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

“In all of the history of money bail there has never been an attempt to rationalize the money amounts. The money amounts of the bonds are literally picked out of the air.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

"Our findings allowed us to rationalize the critical role of engineering the hydrogen-bond network at the catalyst/electrolyte interface in designing high-efficiency, low-cost AEMWEs," Wu said.

From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026

“We will absolutely have to rationalize the overall corporate overhead of the company,” Ellison said after being asked about the possibility of layoffs.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 7, 2026

This lady’s grandson might be facing life imprisonment without parole, but given the overwhelming number of death penalty cases on our docket, I couldn’t rationalize taking on his case.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

The agency rationalizes its proposal as seeking “a tradeoff between reducing regulatory burdens ... and promoting efficient financial markets through timely disclosure.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Kane, who declined to disclose his average earnings, rationalizes that big losses are just part of the job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

“To sing with the gods, you sometimes need a ladder,” Houston rationalizes in the movie.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2022

"If we want to get his attention," one of the chairs of the planning committee rationalizes, "we have to think like him. Act . . . like him."

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2022

Or she rationalizes, “I call him when he calls me.”

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Analysts said BP is building a rationalized upstream pipeline capable of supporting volume growth on the order of about 3% per year between 2030 and 2035.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Unilateral action can be rationalized as acting because it is too cumbersome to mobilize allies whose interests do not align with one’s own.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

On a call with analysts, CFO Sherry House says the carmaker in December rationalized the role of pure EVs in its near-term product portfolio based on “changing market realities in the U.S.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

“As flows started to reverse and markets rationalized, those spectacular numbers fell into more modest territory. Then the 2022 bear market hit,” Bespoke added, noting that many investors were now stuck with “deeply underwater positions.”

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

After thinking about it for a while, Bloom rationalized that he did feel some gratitude for not now being obliged to make the radical commitments he had always feared.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

“We’ve probably done more rationalizing the supply chain, for example shutting down plants rather than investing in creating a new manufacturing footprint,” McNamara said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

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

In rationalizing the closing of his shop, Tolliver reminded me he’d scaled back to working part time and was only cutting the hair of a core group of customers and friends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2024

This shows the vital difference between reasoning and rationalizing, and the relation of each to faith.

From The Church, the Schools and Evolution by J. E. (Judson Eber) Conant