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The phrase "a rationale to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when explaining the reasoning or justification behind a decision or action.
Example: "The committee provided a rationale to support their decision to implement the new policy."
Alternatives: "a justification for" or "a reason to".
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"There's a logic and a rationale to this.
She doesn't have a rationale to justify her campaign.
Such savagings are common enough among critics, and there's a rationale to the rough handling.
That gives Vulcan a rationale to fight off this initial offer.
Baseball could use a clause in the contest's rules to find a rationale to pinch-hit for Ortiz.
"Clinton needs at least one victory today to keep alive a rationale to stay in the race," he writes.
She said the signing of the energy bill on Wednesday provided Mr. Johnson convenient timing and a rationale to reject the waiver.
Many critics say they believe that Beijing is using the word "pornography" as a rationale to eliminate Web sites that it deems troublesome.
Severed from its history in the lands of exile, and without a rationale to supersede its original liberationist impulse, Fatah became mired in narrow and parochial turf wars.
Mr. Messier, an investment banker with no experience in media, used convergence as a rationale to cobble together businesses with little obvious connection.
For some public universities, Harvard's move provided a rationale to argue for more state assistance to hold the line on student costs.
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