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justification

[juhs-tuh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌdʒʌs tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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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

“Price action, not the underlying justification for those prices, is all that’s important.”

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

In “Moveable Feasts” Mr. Newens gives the barman’s justification.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

“Literally thousands of nominations with absolutely no justification for why it needed to be there.”

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

They felt, and not without at least some justification, that they had helped propel King on his meteoric rise.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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