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rationalise

  • a variation of rationalize.
    rationalize
    verb (used with object)
    to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.

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"Across IT companies, people managers are being let go while the doers are being kept to rationalise the workforce and bring in efficiencies," Neeti Sharma, CEO of staffing firm TeamLease Digital told the BBC.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025

The government, the committee said in the report, should also review its tax policy, rationalise public expenditure and expand the reach of social protection.

From Reuters ● Nov. 26, 2023

Dr Brazeau added: "Our study shows how there is merit to both theories without accepting one or the other wholesale. Instead, we can rationalise the areas that overlap."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2023

If it is part of the human condition to try to rationalise away unexplained and shocking events, what can be done?

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023

She was resolved to understand herself, to rationalise her overthrow.

From Mount Music by Martin Ross