rationalize
Example Sentences
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You develop an adult level of awareness to rationalize and empathize with your situation.
Schools and universities should be places where prejudice is confronted, not rationalized.
They rationalize this otherwise contradictory behavior by telling themselves that even though the bubble assets they’re investing in are grossly overvalued, they will know when to get out — just before the bubble bursts.
From MarketWatch
In contrast, Netflix has nothing comparable to Warner’s studio infrastructure to protect and no redundant operations to rationalize.
This is what makes true high-speed expensive and hard to rationalize in a country whose weblike intercity travel patterns make it better suited to air transport.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
