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Lee called the results a “bad combination,” adding that “the continued cash burn gets harder to justify without monetization or the core business growing to compensate for it.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

“It just became harder to justify staying for all the responsible adult reasons,” he told me, when it was compromising his day-to-day happiness.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

"It's not pleasant to try and fight for your job and justify why you're the way that you are and why you're having that time off," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Strong earnings in past quarters have been able to temper many of the concerns, but analysts pointed out that investors are demanding better and better results to justify their backing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Since we were not eligible for armed conflict beyond marching with wooden guns, our mother’s war seemed to justify us.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

The French president said "nothing justifies" the "unbridled" violence seen and said those involved would face justice.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Anthropic will have to get to its own market projection without owning a declining microblogging platform, and until its documents are public, we won’t know how the company justifies it.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

It justifies the name change by saying that the deepest part of the lake is on the American side, meaning that the United States "claims most of the Lake's volume."

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

That justifies a premium of a few percentage points.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

I know what my mother is—she is someone for whom the end of a thing justifies the means of getting there, the same as my father, and the same, sometimes, as me.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

AI optimists say that there is no bubble because leading companies’ valuations are justified, and that the technology will eventually generate massive profits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

But after Meta’s recent launch of its frontier-level Wonder models and the viral success of Muse, Wall Street seems to believe that the cash burn is more than justified.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

And those fears appeared justified as the challenger struggled to cope with Dubois' relentless pressure.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

It calls the search “neither justified nor lawful” and asks that copies of any video or audio recordings made in the home be shared.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

It is a big claim, but one that is wholly justified.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

After being deported back home last year, Melekhin was charged with "justifying terrorism" and sentenced to six years in prison.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Understanding why he matters means understanding that the modern federal government is shaped not only by elected officials but also by attorneys who craft legal arguments justifying government action.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

In justifying that more upbeat outlook, Chipotle’s executives said they still liked their sales momentum overall.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

The practice is so unusual that an internal waiver justifying the choice is typically required.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

These midwestern programs have been conducted in a spirit of crisis, as though the advance of the beetle presented an extreme peril justifying any means to combat it.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson