rationale
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The report highlighted cases of premature removal of bone fixation devices, operations carried out without a clear rationale, problems with how bones were pinned and making cuts into bones at the wrong level.
From BBC
Barrack has suggested that Sharaa’s ascendance to power removes the U.S. rationale to keep its troops in northeastern Syria and support the militia group in its fight against Islamic State, also known as ISIS.
The rationale: Keeping it could harm the miner’s environmental, social and governance, or ESG, credentials and drive some investors away.
“What has evolved is the degree of allocation rather than the rationale for holding gold.”
Investors seeking a haven from an uncertain geopolitical climate have had plenty of rationale.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.