rationale
noun
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Rationale comes from Latin ratio, meaning "reason," and rationalis, "endowed with reason." Ratio is reasonably familiar as an English word for the relationship (in number, quantity, or degree) between things.
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Examples of rationale in a Sentence
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
The original rationale for the jacket was to make club members easily identifiable for tournament patrons seeking information on the grounds.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Fortuna’s rationale was more ideological than Paris F.C.’s.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
The rationale for a 486% drug price hike An injectable eye medicine called Triesence has been largely out of stock for years, despite being used to treat several diseases.
—Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 10 Apr. 2024
The rationale is something like this: AI tools will eventually handle a lot of the grunt work involved in protecting computer systems, like automatically scanning files for suspicious behavior and writing summaries of its findings.
—Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
The rationale is that consumers seem to prefer paying a low monthly rate plus an annual fee to paying slightly more each month, with no annual fee.
—Laura Daily, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
Among those executives, this person says, the rationale for McDaniel’s hire was clear.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
The judge cited Border Patrol agents’ control over the minors’ ability to leave the sites — and their power to affect whether the children have access to aid and medical treatment — as the rationale for her ruling.
—Emily Baumgaertner, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Rationale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rationale. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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