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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

Michael Murray, the chief executive of Frasers Group and the son-in-law of the firm's founder Mike Ashley, said the company wanted to rationalise its business to focus on fewer brands.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2023

To attempt to rationalise with such an one was merely to excite the insane part of him.

From Witch-Doctors by Charles Beadle