rationalization

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On the domestic side, the RBI expects factors such as benign inflation and continued impact of goods-and-services tax rationalization to support economic activity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

“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

This form of rationalization and denial is embarrassingly evident in a recent apologia by David Brooks, the New York Times’ notion of an ideal conservative.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025

At first, his conscience bothers him, but Zare’s performance is a wonder of quiet rationalization as Iman gradually decides that going along is better than making waves.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024

Tyler talked for a long time, moving through the events quickly but lingering in a wasteland of rationalization and self-recrimination.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover