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justifications

NOUN
whys and wherefores
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Meredith Hankins, a legal expert at the Natural Resources Defense Council, told AFP the two moves had contradictory legal justifications.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Since then, the project’s scope—and the administration’s justifications for it—have expanded dramatically.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Over seven pages, the Board of Education provided its justifications for Carvalho’s termination, citing allegedly unreported gifts, unreported outside income and donor-funded travel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

None of those justifications appear to apply here, according to contracting experts and former staffers consulted by ProPublica.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

Oft do we act, and then inform the governing principles within us of our past action, and leave for them to write their reports and justifications as they will.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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