Sentence examples for ostensible rationales from inspiring English sources

And the story reflected the same neutral tone, as if there were nothing unusual here, and no reason to doubt the GOP's ostensible rationales.

The ostensible rationale for the tariffs is a threat to national security from imports of these articles.

The ostensible rationale for Tushnet's proposal is retaliation for the GOP's "theft" of the Supreme Court seat to which Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland, but which eventually went to Neil Gorsuch after the GOP-controlled Senato refused to hold hearings on the nomination.

The ostensible rationale for BIC is not to provide free school breakfasts to food-insecure kids, since such a program already exists, but to reduce the stigma of going to claim breakfast in the cafeteria.

Richard L. Hasen, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, and author of "The Voting Wars," said that neither side's ostensible rationale for pushing changes to voting laws should be taken entirely at face value.

The ostensible rationale was that the known presence of gay men and lesbians would undermine morale and unit cohesion, but as it turned out, the policy caused its own kind of damage to military readiness.

The ostensible rationale for a new Led Zeppelin book would seem to be Blake's belief that Grant was subordinate only to castle-dwelling guitarist Page on the Led Zeppelin org chart, and that even Plant — the very archetype of the preening, open-shirted frontman — took his orders from the manager.

The ostensible rationale for the Federal Housing Finance Agency's directive to move them off the big markets is that Fannie's stock lately has averaged less than the $1 minimum price required by the N.Y.S.E., while Freddie's has fallen close to that level.

The ostensible rationale for a rate hike is that we face a danger of the economy growing too rapidly and pushing the unemployment rate down too low.

While Gazans have suffered from intermittent Rafah closures for years, this time many dismissed the ostensible security rationale and saw it as collective political punishment.

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