justified

Example Sentences

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Charging patients for no-shows or significant lateness is — much like in the airline industry — justified because missed appointments disrupt schedules and usually cannot be filled at such short notice.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

She starts by noting that the Voting Rights Act is, or was. one of the most consequential, efficacious, amply justified exercises of federal legislative power in the nation’s history.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

In Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion, he justified the high court’s decision, writing that “the Constitution almost never permits the Federal Government or a State to discriminate on the basis of race.”

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

His age and the fact that he had less than a year left to serve justified his early release, it added.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

The library raid was part of that clampdown, and to the NSA it seemed justified.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield