rationale

Example Sentences

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The rationale is clear: It’s about feeding an addiction to spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

For the Tanglewood strategist, though, most of the planks in the investment rationale remain intact.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

“The mission expands, the timeline stretches, and the original rationale fades into the background as the war gains its own momentum.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

It echoed the rationale for toppling the monarchy in Hawaii and the agreement with Russia that gave us Alaska.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

It was indeed in the Spanish interest to exaggerate the extent of human sacrifice, because ending what Cortes called this “most horrid and abominable custom” became a post hoc rationale for conquest.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann