justification
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“The American Age Is Over,” an Atlantic headline put it last month, and not without some justification.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Secret Service refused to disclose their justification.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
"This is petrol stations, it's shopping malls, it's business centres, but it's especially energy infrastructure, energy transmission lines, and so on. There is absolutely no justification for that," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Right now there’s more bureaucracy in the process today… asking them for justification of why they’re using this and like what’s the business value they’re driving, etc.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
This alone, quite apart from the contents of the message, provides a powerful justification for the search for other civilizations.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Over seven pages, the Board of Education provided its justifications for Carvalho’s termination, citing allegedly unreported gifts, unreported outside income and donor-funded travel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
None of those justifications appear to apply here, according to contracting experts and former staffers consulted by ProPublica.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Yet a large central-bank balance sheet became the norm only as recently as 2008, and the justifications for the policy keep shifting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
To be sure, there are justifications for the enthusiasm.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
Oft do we act, and then inform the governing principles within us of our past action, and leave for them to write their reports and justifications as they will.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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