not warranted
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Shiny object syndrome helps explain why the current U.S. nuclear fleet of 96 operating reactors includes more than 50 different commercial reactor designs, an excessive degree of diversification not warranted by national-security concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Foden was unable to continue after the incident, which left England defender Harry Maguire bewildered how it had not warranted a red card.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
Porter’s family and advocates have argued that force was not warranted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026
But prosecutors said in the filing that sending him to prison for the rest of his life was not warranted, despite the severity of his crime, because of his relative youth.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
The time has now arrived to dispel the illusion from your mind that there was anything reprehensible in that, or anything in it not warranted by the strictest rules of honor and of naval warfare.
From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by A. F. Warburton
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