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Beyond the boilerplate, Joyner struggled to rationalize the breakup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

“Nevertheless, it is difficult to rationalize the stock’s outperformance of the broader pharma index over the past weeks.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 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

“The salt association was thus a classic example of an effort by producers to rationalize the methods of production, and, more important, marketing,” Page Smith writes External link in The Rise of Industrial America.

From Barron's ● May 2, 2026

She was missing Johnny so terribly and thinking so, to rationalize his not being there.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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

Tan says she spends about $250 a month on live mealworms for “Amy’s Bistro,” which she rationalizes “by calculating the amount of money I have saved by not having children.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

In a note to employees, Mr. Iger said a new company structure was on the way that “puts more decision-making back in the hands of our creative teams and rationalizes costs.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2022

But if she came out before, Berry rationalizes, surely she could again.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022

It annoys my father no end, but he rationalizes it by saying, “We live in a service economy. We all have to feed it somehow.”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

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

These cuts, once made, tend to be rationalized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 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

And refining capacity is being rationalized globally, not just in the U.S.

From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026

I don't know that I've ever felt so cheap, but I rationalized it by reminding myself that it wasn't my fault this person was trapped.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

It included shrinking state-owned companies; cutting government bureaucracy; creating a private housing market; and rationalizing public finances in a way that allowed Beijing to function as a modern state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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

For a full minute his brain refused even to attempt rationalizing what he had seen.

From Instant of Decision by Randall Garrett