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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as rationale" 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 approved the proposal, citing budget constraints as rationale for their decision."
Alternatives: "as justification" or "as reasoning".
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The NONPF cites a lack of empirical evidence related to learning outcomes with simulation as rationale for its stance.
As rationale, some investors point to the way the Taubman family refused to entertain a sale of Sotheby's in 1999, when a federal investigation of Sotheby's heated up.
Since the beginning of our campaign, claimant lawyers have raised the scenario of a senior figure smeared as a paedophile as rationale to defend the status quo.
The ratings agency cited India's high saving and investment rates, relatively competitive private sector and diverse economy as rationale behind its decision.
The known pathophysiology of Type 2 diabetes and the need for basal insulin treatment are presented as rationale for comparison of these insulins.
I appreciate this clarification, but it's apparent that he considered the jet stream's behavior as rationale (even if one among many) for calling a climate emergency, so I don't think the title was a stretch.
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They don't declare this as their intention, of course, but instead talk up "grave" threats – cybercrime, piracy and (of course) child pornography – as rationales for their action.
Companies also commonly cited an acquisition or corporate not responsible for setting pay (e.g., independent contractors) as rationales for excluding certain employee groups.
These caveats are valid, but they seem to come into play often as rationales to pursue questions that these studies' results didn't suggest.
Ethicists also disagree about whether physicians may use their scruples as rationales for refusing to answer medical questions or refer patients to abortion providers.
Feminist theorist Nancy Fraser has shown how feminist ideas of a previous generation were successfully "recuperated by neoliberalism" -- that is, how they were repurposed as rationales for greater inequality.
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