rationale

Example Sentences

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"Showing that the process of protein production loses fidelity with aging provides a kind of underlying rationale for why all these other processes start to malfunction with age," said Frydman.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

The rationale is that we are heading into the summer when these bills are lower and instead the focus is on contingency planning for the winter.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

"I just don't understand the rationale for the project," Chandi said, noting that there was no clarity about how huge investments can be recovered economically.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Meanwhile, evidence is mounting that the labor market has stabilized, and unemployment remains low, removing another rationale for rate cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

And perhaps this is the rationale of all risky sports: You deliberately raise the ante of effort and concentration in order, as it were, to clear your mind of trivialities.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer