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rationale

[rash-uh-nal] / ˌræʃ əˈnæl /


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The rationale for moving the voting online is the technical difficulty of requiring fans to vote for multiple acts via text message or phone votes.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

The company’s stock initially fell after the announcement, and some staff and analysts questioned the rationale behind Masino’s departure.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Yet I can find no plausible rationale for why midcap stocks should be considered a distinct asset class.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Altomare said students with private Italian sponsors are also not being evacuated, questioning the rationale for rejecting such applicants.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

The rationale stated by one rule-giver was that “there is in fact no person named for the him to refer to.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

That will create more costs for borrowers in the form of volatility and risk premiums, as investors guess at policy rationales and how the central bank will respond to recent data.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

Among the chief rationales for the lower tax rate on capital gains is to counter the effect of inflation.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2026

None of these rationales bears any relation to a traditional American national security strategy.

From Salon Mar. 14, 2026

The evolving rationales have exposed the contrast between the monthslong planning that went into the initial military assault and what one senior administration official characterized as minimal conversation about who would take over the country.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 7, 2026

We have heard the rationales offered by the nuclear superpowers.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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