rationalization

Example Sentences

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Capacity rationalization in China has yet to be felt, as larger and more modern facilities continue to come online, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

“Marketplace is undergoing a rationalization, addition by subtraction, as we reduce our exposure while the risk pool stabilizes,” Zubretsky said, according to a FactSet transcript.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025

It is, in effect, a plan for the rationalization of the American social and political order based on an unwavering faith in modern technology and AI to eliminate inefficiency and waste.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2025

At first, his conscience bothers him, but Zare’s performance is a wonder of quiet rationalization as Iman gradually decides that going along is better than making waves.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024

Thus the growing process of intellectualization and rationalization does not imply a growing understanding of the conditions under which we live.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton