justified

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The Stones fired Jones in June 1969 but would have been justified doing so a couple years earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

After the attack on his California home, OpenAI’s Altman wrote that public anxiety about AI was justified since it would usher in more change than society has perhaps ever experienced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

William Osula once again justified that call with his second goal in two games, but Newcastle are an increasingly blunt side lacking aggression, quality and ideas.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

“The Church cannot remain silent when violence is justified in the name of security or when religious language is used to legitimize it,” saying that the church must “defend moral clarity.”

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

The names of the dead were as important as the names of the living, as every loss from disease and suicide—and the other mishaps labeled as such for accounting purposes—needed to be justified to employers.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead