justified
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A move justified on those grounds invites the obvious follow-up: how much higher?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The German philosopher Hegel considered Sophocles’ “Antigone” the high-water mark of tragedy for the way it dramatizes the collision between two equally justified moral positions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Denton and her colleagues decided to test whether that assumption was justified.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Ultimately, it’s a lost cause, because his fears are justified.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
She had never been jealous before, but now she began to find in herself an instinctive and perhaps justified hatred of the Reverend Mr. Rolf.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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