rationalization

Example Sentences

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This isn’t just historical rationalization; the same logic applies to today’s immigration protests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 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.

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

Tyler talked for a long time, moving through the events quickly but lingering in a wasteland of rationalization and self-recrimination.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover