justification

Example Sentences

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The only justification, they calculated, would be an imminent threat, especially information that Iran was close to creating a nuclear weapon.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

It was dubbed, with much justification, the “Single Greatest Predictor of Future Stock Returns.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

For clinicians, the ask is more immediate: Pause before treating BMI as sufficient justification for a prescription.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

Jassy’s justification is that much of the spending has to happen now to pay off later.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Because what has been done to them is so wrong, so beyond justification, so evil that there is no choice?

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins