justified
Example Sentences
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Her legal representatives, Marque Lawyers, sent a letter to the festival on Sunday demanding it identify statements by the author that justified excluding her.
From Barron's
"A lot of archaeologists get wound up by connections made with Pompeii but I think it's in part justified because of the levels of preservation here," he said.
From BBC
The freeze is being justified in part because of the social services scandal in Minnesota, which found some Minnesotans fraudulently using pandemic and social safety funds without providing social services.
From Salon
And lastly - make sure your complaint is justified in the first place.
From BBC
The US maintains its actions were legally justified.
From BBC
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