- present participle of rationalize.
rationalizing
Example Sentences
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“We’ve probably done more rationalizing the supply chain, for example shutting down plants rather than investing in creating a new manufacturing footprint,” McNamara said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
The agency describes the move as "a step forward in rationalizing its use and promoting its safe and responsible use."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2026
Far too many people, who also depended on the accused for their livelihoods, ignored complaints and obvious signs of distress or simply looked the other way, rationalizing the incidents as the cost of doing business.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
That promise appeals most strongly to social groups who find themselves “somehow out of sync with the rationalizing present of capitalism,” offering them a fraudulent reactivation of “unfulfilled pasts and unrealized presents.”
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2024
Such opprobrious terms as infidelity, irreligion, rationalizing tendencies, naturalism, contempt for the Scriptures, etc., are freely used.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various
