justifiable

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Justifiable applause for the way the Sounders improved their offensive attack has silenced how vulnerable the team might be defensively as the season progresses.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2022

Justifiable unease over the way in which GM-led business models would hand entire food chains to large agrochemical companies found a popular proxy in less-realistic concerns over the possible health impacts of the new technology.

From Nature • May 9, 2012

“Since a Justifiable Homicide isn’t a crime, there is no felony or misdemeanor offense to report,” Melissa Underwood, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, said in an email.

From Washington Post

Justifiable fury he knew and expected when he had terrorized their pets in the old days; laughter, and sometimes nervousness—but never a crude, uncivilized reception like this.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

Miss Haughton's essay "Is a Lie Ever Justifiable?" forms a prominent feature of the magazine, and presents some very ingenious though dogmatic reasoning.

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)