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Example sentences for: rationalize

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Today, it is the Republicans who are on a quest to rationalize political failure.
This vision of Coppola as romantic genius makes it very easy to rationalize his failures as poor accountancy.
Finally, the NYT Week in Review examines how Americans rationalize their decisions to eat some animals and not others.
The hardhearted spin: Sharpton continues to rationalize rather than recant or repent.
Bin Ladin shares Qutb's stark view, permitting him and his followers to rationalize even unprovoked mass murder as righteous defense of an embattled faith.