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justification

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


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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

For clinicians, the ask is more immediate: Pause before treating BMI as sufficient justification for a prescription.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

Jassy’s justification is that much of the spending has to happen now to pay off later.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has scolded reporters who ask basic questions about the war’s justification or objectives.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

“For me, Hitler was the personifica tion of evil, and the primary justification for the atomic bomb work,” remembered the physicist Emilio Segre.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin