rationalize
Example Sentences
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If it’s just in your head, it’s too easy to rationalize exceptions.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026
Kyiv also wants to become more self-reliant through domestically produced weapons that will also help rationalize the hodgepodge of donated Western equipment it currently uses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025
Dahlia Lithwick: There is a very human propensity, especially in times of crisis, to normalize and rationalize and temporize.
From Slate • Dec. 17, 2025
“We cannot rationalize why Palantir is the most expensive name in our software coverage,” analysts wrote.
From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025
Oppenheimer duly contrived “an elegant theory to rationalize these results,” and when Bohr came for his visit, the work was trotted out for him as a showpiece of Rad Lab science.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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