rationalize

Example Sentences

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In the letter, Irenic said Snapchat should rationalize its cost structure and the company has over-hired.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

“We will absolutely have to rationalize the overall corporate overhead of the company,” Ellison said after being asked about the possibility of layoffs.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 7, 2026

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

Confronted with the new fact—that his company was effectively long $50 billion in triple-B subprime mortgage bonds, masquerading as triple-A-rated diversified pools of consumer loans—Cassano at first sought to rationalize it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis