justify

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“While having SpaceX listed would bring substantial value to an exchange, this alone should not justify altering the method used to determine index inclusion,” Matturri wrote in a LinkedIn post.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Over the last two weeks, Powell’s colleagues have amplified the message that the era of benign rate cuts—reductions the Fed could justify simply as unwinding its prior tightening—is over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“I think that a year like this, where you see fertilizer prices moving the way they’re moving, it may justify using other methodologies,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

The difference reflects a larger question facing the central bank: whether the current inflation backdrop requires maintaining restrictive policy, or whether emerging signs of economic softening and improving supply conditions justify a more gradual shift.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Ella bit her bottom lip and thought of all the times she'd overheard her papa justify why she should go to the Institute.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton