warranted

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Her most significant controversy involved a couple of songs from her first album, “Sour,” that sounded close enough to music by other artists that they warranted a writing credit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

A rate hike doesn’t seem warranted until price increases start to spread beyond energy, and no one knows when the Iran war will end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne told the BBC in April that the attention on Mythos was warranted, in part, because "it's the unknown, unknown".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

It shouldn’t take months, let alone years, to take back control of public spaces, and Pratt’s criticism is warranted, no doubt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

And fragments from an angry Miss Pagett: "... repeated warnings ... new information ... search is fully warranted."

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements