well-founded

Example Sentences

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But when accommodation expands without clear boundaries or meaningful verification, its credibility erodes and skepticism grows about even well-founded uses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The big test comes Tuesday, when UnitedHealth reports third-quarter results and investors see whether Warren Buffett’s enthusiasm for the stock was well-founded.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

And those concerns turned out to be all too well-founded.

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2025

Ada: This was another hard part to give advice about, because AI is rapidly evolving and there’s a lot of well-founded fear about the jobs of our generations that will be eliminated.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

Enquiries based on this premise are bound to conclude that the claims made on behalf of well-founded beliefs are excessive because that conclusion is built into the methodology.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton