rationale

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This is perhaps the more compelling deal rationale: It gives NextEra’s rapidly growing unregulated development arm a lot of breathing room to expand without triggering a credit downgrade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"Showing that the process of protein production loses fidelity with aging provides a kind of underlying rationale for why all these other processes start to malfunction with age," said Frydman.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Swinney said that "the highest standards" had been applied to the "deep and forensic criminal investigation" into Murrell, adding that the Crown Office does not disclose the rationale for its decisions.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Publicly, though, Biden’s principal stated rationale for moving the state up was to increase racial diversity in the earliest voting states and reward Black voters for their significance in the Democratic Party coalition.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

His rationale was restated: Massari could not be allowed to set a precedent.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove