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Recent Examples of rationalization
Since the rationalization for dropping the case was that this would allow Adams to support Trump’s immigration-law enforcement policies, the deal smacks of a quid pro quo in which the president seeks to maintain leverage over the mayor.
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The Editors, National Review, 21 Feb. 2025
Read: The intellectual rationalization for annexing Greenland President Trump has now returned to the fray, with a vengeance.
—Adam Price, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
The truth is that Trump’s rationalizations don’t stand up to scrutiny.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
There is no excuse and no rationalization for a vulgar, inhumane act that senselessly took a life.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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The Editors, National Review, 21 Feb. 2025
Read: The intellectual rationalization for annexing Greenland President Trump has now returned to the fray, with a vengeance.
—Adam Price, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
The truth is that Trump’s rationalizations don’t stand up to scrutiny.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
There is no excuse and no rationalization for a vulgar, inhumane act that senselessly took a life.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationalization
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The administration's rationale appears to center on China's failure to negotiate or de-escalate the trade war, coming after Beijing hiked tariffs on U.S. goods to 84 percent in its own bout of reciprocity.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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At the time, the rationale was clear: reducing friction for small consignments benefited consumers, supported small businesses, and allowed customs authorities to focus their resources on high-value or high-risk goods.—
Aleksandra Bal,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The lawsuit, filed in 2022, accused Toback of leveraging his power in the entertainment industry to lure young women into meetings under the pretext of discussing potential movie roles.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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These scores are then used as a pretext to remove teachers from classrooms and place them on the DNH list, often without any misconduct, due process or opportunity for reinstatement.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Entertainment Fans of the show on social media seem to be missing a lot of crucial character development, and there’s an obvious explanation why.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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These free, printable cards are available at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and display a brief explanation of citizen and non-citizen rights under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
9 Apr. 2025
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Given demographic shifts forcing fewer workers to support more retirees, Social Security trust funds—as accounting constructs, not pots of gold—are scheduled under current law to be insufficient to make full payments within the next 10 years.—
Doug Criscitello,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Randall has a scholarly background in accounting, and his attraction to pluralism is fittingly pragmatic.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Moore befriended Shakespeare in 2008 under the pretense of writing a book about him, but the project never materialized.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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What To Know According to court documents reviewed by NewsNation, Piccolo is accused of driving up to a woman in Manatee County, stopping his vehicle under the pretense of asking for directions and then exposing himself.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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In fact, in a former guise this was the first company in China to manufacture automobiles.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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All would come under the guise of respect for local norms.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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What are the present political implications of trying to empathize with Germans under the Nazi regime, to better understand their own justifications for their crimes?—
Joseph Bernstein,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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This administration might use a domestic crisis as even more justification to bypass legislative and judicial oversight.—
Jane Harman,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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Combs’ defense team made arguments for delaying the trial up to two months, but the judge was not swayed.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Gregory, who became known as Gregory the Great, had reasons to advance such an argument.—
Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Rationalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationalization. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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