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was rationalized
verb
To make something rational or more rational.
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So the unjust was rationalized in service of safe streets.
Though bitterly debated, it was rationalized by some as being "for the kids".
The risk of flooding was rationalized away by designing drainage capacity into the subways.
This overreach was rationalized by cynically redefining the city as just another part of the federal government.
In Washington, the deal was rationalized on the grounds that whoever replaced Mubarak would be worse worse for America, that is.
The Obama Administration's aggressive deportation policy was rationalized by some lawmakers and analysts as an attempt to create breathing room for a compromise with the G.O.P. on immigration.
Randall Cunningham's retreat into an alternate golden-shoelace universe after every loss was rationalized by Philly fans as a lovable quirk.
The industry boomed until the 1973 oil crisis launched a protracted slump, which rebounded somewhat in the 1980s as the sector was rationalized.
The expense was rationalized as a stiff surcharge on Kidd's maximum-salary contract, but then came the buyout of Dikembe Mutombo, and by Thanksgiving, the Nets were out a second Georgetown center and haven't seen him since.
The latter was rationalized based on an energy balance approach.
The intrinsic particle PL emission was rationalized via radiative damping of the surface plasmon.
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