The phrase "effort to rationalize" is correct and can be used in written English
It is typically used to describe someone's attempt to make sense or justify a decision, action, or belief. Example: Despite his effort to rationalize his behavior, it was clear to everyone that he was just trying to avoid taking responsibility for his actions.
Mr. Calhoun called the testimony "a desperate effort to rationalize Greenspan's own failures".
It's easy to write that audiences need to be educated in an effort to rationalize tepid attendance.
That's an utter betrayal, though, for aid groups to be fighting this effort to rationalize the system.
Gbadebo-Smith's plan is part of the Kick Against Indiscipline, a citywide effort to rationalize Lagos — for example, to clear out the informal markets clogging nearly every street, with mobile courts issuing fines.
It is, he said, simply another plea for attention on the part of Mr. Jones and an effort to rationalize to his dwindling supporters why he chose not to burn the Korans last year.
Gbadebo-Smith's plan is part of the Kick Against Indiscipline, a citywide effort to rationalize Lagos for example, to clear out the informal markets clogging nearly every street, with mobile courts issuing fines.
He must impose greater discipline on the service secretaries, face down Congressional advocates of ill-conceived programs and accelerate efforts to rationalize Pentagon accounting systems.
But Paul's discussion in 1 Corinthians shows that among those who heard the Christian message there was such doubt as well as efforts to rationalize the Resurrection.
But recent efforts to rationalize the code all have failed, and some members of both parties express skepticism that this time will be different.
Most books by politicians are, at bottom, acts of salesmanship: efforts to persuade, beguile or impress the reader, efforts to rationalize past misdeeds and inoculate the author against future accusations.
And: In an attempt to undermine the Food and Drug Administration's current efforts to rationalize front-of-package labeling, industry groups have devised a new campaign: change "nutrition keys" to "facts up front".
