rationale

SAD and the PSL effect can provide us with some of that rationale.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 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

As she explained her rationale, Halem, who appeared in court in an orange jumpsuit, sat with his head bowed, eyes downcast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

The word “DeFiant” was a coy wink to this idea of decentralized currency, known as DeFi, the ostensible rationale for the new Trump–Witkoff platform.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

The idea for the move grew on Bobby slowly, instinctually at first, without any conscious rationale.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

Though Leibowitz toppled bond-market orthodoxies early in his career, he valued the wisdom of his predecessors and advised young people to ask old-timers for the rationales behind their time-tested methods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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

We have heard the rationales offered by the nuclear superpowers.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan