militate

Example Sentences

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What if U.S. domestic concerns militate in favor of amending the legal structures of those countries?

From Barron's

Though they recognized the antebellum nation as configured in such a way that militated against their social advancement, Hosea Easton, for example, claimed that Black people were “constitutionally Americans.”

From Salon

"And it's ridiculous that he wants to call E. Jean a liar when the facts militate toward the truth, which is what she said happened."

From Salon

But in this case, sovereignty militates in the opposite direction.

From New York Times

She also noted in the judgement that she had "sympathy" for the long wait for the trial to start, which "militates against fairness" to Fan.

From Reuters