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Carvalho: “Mixed. As a classroom teacher, I’ve seen positive changes around testing. Supt. Carvalho has rationalized the disparate student assessment systems plus requirements, creating a streamlined system that is much more efficient.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Bluebird has rationalized the high price of Zynteglo by referring to the lifetime cost of transfusions and chelation therapy, which the company says can run as high as $6.4 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2022

Ford, for instance, under the leadership of Alan Mulally, has rationalized the company, dumping Jaguar, Aston Martin, Land Rover and some of its stake in Mazda.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were a reminder of our vestigial selves, of how humankind has rationalized catastrophe through most of its history.

From Time Magazine Archive

It dogmatically ignores supersensuous values; hence it has rationalized preaching hence it has made provincial its intellectual approach and treatment, narrowed and made mechanical its content.

From Preaching and Paganism by Fitch, Albert Parker