justify
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Musk might need Earth to become uninhabitable to justify the trip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
"The stronger businesses may be those that can deliver growth above expectations, convert that growth into cash, fund future investment from a strong balance sheet and still offer enough earnings upside to justify their valuation."
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
It represents a distinct evolutionary lineage that is most closely related to Eunicellidae, but its genetics and anatomy differ enough to justify the creation of a new family called Laurinqueidae.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
But here’s a sobering estimate: to justify all the cash being invested in AI, American businesses and consumers would have to spend about as much on AI in 2032 as they do on food.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
And Cade frequently wasn't doing anything to justify his banishment.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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Anthropic will have to get to its own market projection without owning a declining microblogging platform, and until its documents are public, we won’t know how the company justifies it.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
We could rearrange the portfolios differently to tamp down the risk, selecting companies that are not projected to grow so quickly, but the current market environment justifies the risk — and will reward it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
"Nothing justifies these substantial harms to competition," the lawsuit states.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The final act, during which the friends gather to mourn the death of one of their group, concludes on a deeply affecting note that justifies the expansive length.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
I know what my mother is—she is someone for whom the end of a thing justifies the means of getting there, the same as my father, and the same, sometimes, as me.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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Melius Research analyst James West believes the market’s positive reaction of late is justified, as “we are in the very early stages of a true, global nuclear renaissance,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
So what exactly is behind the rise in prices, can the increases possibly be justified and what does it all mean for fans?
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The question is whether those risks are justified by the fact that some people will find their cancer earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
His previous spells at Sheffield United and Bournemouth also justified his addition as someone whose stock had continued to rise despite being involved in relegations.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
He had understood it all, weighed it all, and it made no difference: all was justified by the ultimate purpose.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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This means there could be "no grounds justifying the decision not to indict Mr Abdalmasih Hanoun".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Understanding why he matters means understanding that the modern federal government is shaped not only by elected officials but also by attorneys who craft legal arguments justifying government action.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
In the wake of the 1994 genocide, Alison Des Forges, then a senior adviser to Human Rights Watch, pointed to genocide inversion as a central means of justifying the genocide against the Tutsis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The majority didn’t issue an opinion justifying its ruling.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
I listen to myself ramble on and on, explaining why she and Nate are wrong, justifying things the way Dad trained me.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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