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justified

[juhs-tuh-fahyd] / ˈdʒʌs təˌfaɪd /












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“It has led to a lot of justified anger.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Anxiety about “unsustainable investor euphoria” isn’t fully justified by the data points at this stage.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

The next earnings season is still several weeks away, but investors may not have to wait that long for clues about whether Friday’s selling was justified.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

“All the versions ask, ‘What would you do to protect your family?’ but this also asks, ‘If an injustice was done to somebody, then what are they justified doing in return,’” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

To Nazario, what he and Vera had done was justified.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez




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