Exact(40)
They rationalize, even persist in willful denial about the transgressions of their heroes, staying devoted to sport as entertainment and facilitator of moral development, however quaint that notion can seem.
They rationalize it like this: even though the cable companies have a gross profit margin of around 97% – meaning 97 cents of every dollar they make is pure profit – they still have to pay to service cell towers and invest in broadband.
They rationalize the risk away by building models based on past experience.
They rationalize this finding with a version of Hsieh and Klenow (2009) with endogenous entry and productivity investment in which firms' idiosyncratic distortions, i.e., wedges, are positively correlated to physical productivity.
They rationalize, keep secrets, and fib.
They rationalize the murderer must extract hormones from the glands to slow down his own aging process.
Similar(20)
They rationalized their actions by maligning the quality of Soviet condoms, which were known to rupture or slide off.
Flynn was merely helping a businessman, they rationalized, and not acting as an agent of a foreign government.
They rationalized high valuations away by invoking the decoupling argument, which said emerging-market growth would be largely unaffected by worsening conditions elsewhere.
These old hands had to worry about the numbers, of course, but they rationalized the upticks and downticks through a certain set of professional values, which they themselves spent years imbibing and which they in turn pressed upon their wards.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Sept. 28 — When the Giants chose Mathias Kiwanuka in the first round of the 2006 draft, they rationalized that a team could never have too many pass-rushing defensive ends.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com