justification
Example Sentences
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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
That is the justification for the winners earning high valuations.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
“Literally thousands of nominations with absolutely no justification for why it needed to be there.”
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
It was dubbed, with much justification, the “Single Greatest Predictor of Future Stock Returns.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026
The vice president of the Durham Merchants Association complained, with some justification, that the business community was being blamed for all of Durham’s ills.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Vocabulary lists containing justification
You Be the Judge: Jud, Jur, Jus
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