justified
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Denton and her colleagues decided to test whether that assumption was justified.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
At an unfair dismissal hearing in February 2023, the judge said the school's redundancy process was genuine and reasonable, and the referral to Prevent had been justified "from a safeguarding perspective".
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
After reviewing the evidence, an internal review board was divided on whether Garcia-Alamilla was justified in using deadly force.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Some degree of privacy in nonprofit associations is—but not if the government designs a targeted effort to accomplish an amply justified public-policy goal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
In March of 1864 he felt a glow of personal triumph that his resentment had perhaps been justified.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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