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justification

[juhs-tuh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌdʒʌs tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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“Literally thousands of nominations with absolutely no justification for why it needed to be there.”

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

The only justification, they calculated, would be an imminent threat, especially information that Iran was close to creating a nuclear weapon.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

It was dubbed, with much justification, the “Single Greatest Predictor of Future Stock Returns.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

For once there was a justification for Mr. Koolhaas’s sportive diagonals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

In what seems the height of absurdity, the “threat of infestation of the New York City metropolitan area” has been cited as an important justification of the program.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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