When the play was poorly attended, the producer tried to rationalize it by blaming the weather. From LearnThat.org.
When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Emerging markets to "rationalize" - we've beaten the China drum to death but there are others out there. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
A quick reaction occurs emotionally, and then people "rationalize" it. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Abrams: Coakley Can Win Massachusetts...If It is Not Too Late] Reference
We then explain or "rationalize" them away with our rational thinking part. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Pargament: Hypnosis: Beyond Mumbo-Jumbo] Reference
Meanwhile, state-owned oil, aluminum and steel company are obliged to "rationalize" their electric use. From Wordnik.com. [El Niño in Venezuela: Hugo Chávez's "Katrina" Moment?] Reference
Americans, however, try to "rationalize" this by saying, "these are people who choose not to have health insurance.". From Wordnik.com. [Say 'Good-bye' to the Nice Health Care Reform, Kids] Reference
Our references to other conflicts are not intended to "rationalize" of "justify" the contemporary actions of Al Qaeda. From Wordnik.com. [Clarence B. Jones: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of al-Qaeda, Parts 1 and 2] Reference
Meanwhile, the company plans to seek ways to further reduce costs and continues to "rationalize" its distribution network. From Wordnik.com. [Rite Aid's Loss Widens as Sales Fall] Reference
To "rationalize" marriage, is out of the question. From Wordnik.com. [Applied Eugenics] Reference
Buy a company, "rationalize" it with massive cuts and sell it again for a big profit. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
It is more evil to "rationalize" the act -- to invent a moral reason for doing an infamous thing. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Lads] Reference
Maple Leaf Foods -- a source of the listeria outbreak -- sat out a year-long strike a decade ago to "rationalize". From Wordnik.com. [Toronto Sun] Reference
He also said that the government was looking to "rationalize" many of the federal government's 100,000 Web sites. From Wordnik.com. [InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs] Reference
He could see my inner thoughts and knew if he didn't act fast, that I would quickly "rationalize" a reason we didn't need one just yet. From Wordnik.com. [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference
It's harder to rationalize SUVs 'impact on the environment. From Wordnik.com. [The Unstoppable Suv] Reference
"There are some things in life you can't rationalize," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Bubba Is Back] Reference
Both have been known to use a blackboard to rationalize a tortured point. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Young: The Evidence Is in. Glenn Beck and Michael Scott...Same Person] Reference
But Russia's press barely took notice, except to rationalize the outburst. From Wordnik.com. [More Questions Than Answers] Reference
Being happy is a cinch, if you can rationalize inequities as right and just. From Wordnik.com. [Terrance Heath: Three Questions, Pt 1.: Can We?] Reference
They use such photographs and dietary plans to rationalize further restriction. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Understanding the Origins of Anorexia] Reference
No conventional piece of pork was rich enough to rationalize this kind of switch. From Wordnik.com. [Housebroken] Reference
First, Dodd-Frank failed to consolidate and rationalize the regulatory structure. From Wordnik.com. [Geithner's Hollow 'Speed' Pledge to Business] Reference
It would mean we rationalize the whole innovation framework around price reductions. From Wordnik.com. [Shellenberger: 'This is the end of cap-and-trade for a long time'] Reference
But there are several ways states can rationalize their workers 'retirement benefits. From Wordnik.com. [Unfunded Public Pensions] Reference
We're not sure what "rationalize the current patchwork of temporary tax credits" means. From Wordnik.com. [Wind Power Puffery] Reference
This good-and-evil matrix allows him to rationalize the savagery of his partisan attacks. From Wordnik.com. [Hey, What's The Big Idea?] Reference
It's only a matter of time, I rationalize, and fiddle with the tubing, adjusting the flow. From Wordnik.com. [Bookends of a Life: II] Reference
That's something SUV owners need these days to rationalize their driving choice to their neighbors. From Wordnik.com. [HYBRID NATION? NOPE.] Reference
"It's easier to rationalize that someone got a job because of some preferential treatment," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Battleground Chicago] Reference
When it comes to paying up at the pump, Americans have proved they can rationalize just about anything. From Wordnik.com. [Griping About Gas Prices ... in a New SUV] Reference
Even more jaw-dropping is his genuine surprise when anyone asks him to rationalize such skewed priorities. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
And the generation that invented Earth Day managed to rationalize its fixation with the three-ton gas hogs. From Wordnik.com. [The Long & Winding Road] Reference
It's so easy to rationalize compliance: only a cartoon ... wasn't so bad ... why break my pick on this one?. From Wordnik.com. [A Call For Chinese Walls] Reference
This belief helped rationalize the dramatic easing of credit through the five rate cuts since mid-September. From Wordnik.com. [The Specter of Stagflation] Reference
I could rationalize that Grammy is simply catching up with my good taste instead of me sliding the other way. From Wordnik.com. [The Grammys Get a Clue] Reference
Even when they encounter the cabdriver who "just didn't see them," they somehow rationalize their way out of the affront. From Wordnik.com. [Lost Behind Prison Bars] Reference
But it might spare us the spectacle of our brightest corporations 'trying to rationalize behavior that is, undeniably, shameful. From Wordnik.com. [Google and the China Syndrome] Reference
If they've been moved by the film, he says, they often rationalize it by saying things like "Well, it's really more of a friendship.". From Wordnik.com. [Forbidden Territory] Reference
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