justification
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The family’s civil attorney, Peter Carr, questioned the rationale behind Hochman’s move to dismiss, arguing prosecutors had been “shifting justification for a pre-determined conclusion” across multiple filings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Of those, half were compliant but flagged for procedural mistakes like not including a written justification.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
But Davie and the BBC can argue - with some justification - that the departure of Mills shows its new processes and practices are working well.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
It was dubbed, with much justification, the “Single Greatest Predictor of Future Stock Returns.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026
Aureliano, for his part, found in her the justification that he needed to live.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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