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rationalization

[rash-uh-nl-ahy-zey-shuhn, rash-nl-] / ˌræʃ ə nl aɪˈzeɪ ʃən, ˌræʃ nl- /


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However, the analyst reckons that sector fundamentals are already improving, supported by recovering demand and supply rationalization.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

While Rockefeller was the most spectacularly successful at monopoly building—what he gently termed “cooperation”—he was also part of a greater movement in American business toward rationalization and centralization.

From Barron's • May 2, 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

The chaplain had mastered, in a moment of divine intuition, the handy technique of protective rationalization, and he was exhilarated by his discovery.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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