Thesaurus / justify
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Agencies need to be able to quickly justify why performance has changed and what steps can be taken to address these fluctuations — positive or negative.
SOLVING THE AGENCY SEARCH INTELLIGENCE GAPIAN O’ROURKE AND STEPHEN DAVISFEBRUARY 9, 2021SEARCH ENGINE WATCH
Attorney Frank Crivelli, who said he negotiated contracts on behalf of police unions in at least 40 towns, said the dangers and challenges of police work justify the price in New Jersey.
HOW THE POLICE BANK MILLIONS THROUGH THEIR UNION CONTRACTSBY ANDREW FORD, ASBURY PARK PRESS, AND AGNES CHANG, JEFF KAO AND AGNEL PHILIP, PROPUBLICAFEBRUARY 8, 2021PROPUBLICA
I planned to explore questions about journalistic ethics and whether the ends of getting a scoop that might change history and save lives can ever justify lying to a source.
SEEING THE PENTAGON PAPERS IN A NEW LIGHTBY STEPHEN ENGELBERGFEBRUARY 3, 2021PROPUBLICA
Why America is 'flying blind' to the coronavirus mutations racing across the globeStates cannot point to hard data to justify aggressive measures to contain the spread of dangerous mutations.
U.S. RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS VARIANTS EMPHASIZES MASKS AND VACCINES INSTEAD OF LOCKDOWNSFENIT NIRAPPIL, BRITTANY SHAMMASFEBRUARY 2, 2021WASHINGTON POST
GameStop’s share price, which approached $500 at one point, had clearly become untethered from the financial metrics that traditionally justify rising prices.
Then that time selling off the stores is enough time to avoid the bankruptcy risk and justify a higher stock price.
THE GAMESTOP STOCK SITUATION ISN’T ABOUT POPULISM. IT’S ABOUT WHETHER THE MARKET IS ‘REAL.’MIKHAIL KLIMENTOVFEBRUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POST
If authorized, it will be up to global health leaders to decide if the convenience of administering the single dose, and its ability to be stored under refrigerated conditions, is enough to justify the lower overall efficacy of Janssen’s shot.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON'S COVID-19 VACCINE RESULTS ARE BETTER THAN THEY MAY SOUNDALICE PARKJANUARY 29, 2021TIME
There are few things more valuable in politics than a persecution complex, and Carlson is masterful at helping people justify such complexes.
TUCKER CARLSON STANDS UP FOR QANON SUPPORTERSAARON BLAKEJANUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Michigan State’s victory over Rutgers is doing a lot of work to justify the Spartans’ inclusion at the moment.
NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKETOLOGY: OKLAHOMA STATE WILL PROBABLY MAKE IT DESPITE ITS POSTSEASON BANPATRICK STEVENSJANUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POST
NBC News’s YouTube revenue increase helped justify the time and attention NBC News’s dedicated video team spent on YouTube.
HOW NBC NEWS IS MAKING ‘MANY MILLIONS’ OF DOLLARS ON YOUTUBE AFTER ADJUSTING ITS STRATEGYTIM PETERSONJANUARY 26, 2021DIGIDAY
WORDS RELATED TO JUSTIFY
- abet
- advance
- agree with
- aid
- approve
- assist
- back
- bear out
- bolster
- boost
- boost morale
- carry
- champion
- cheer
- comfort
- countenance
- endorse
- establish
- forward
- foster
- get behind
- go along with
- go to bat for
- help
- hold
- justify
- keep up
- maintain
- plead for
- promote
- pull for
- put forward
- rally round
- second
- side with
- stand behind
- stand up for
- stay
- stick by
- stick up for
- substantiate
- sustain
- take one's side
- take the part of
- throw in one's lot with
- throw in with
- uphold
- verify
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- take one's side
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- advocate
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- justify
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- raise
- rear
- second
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- side with
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- take up
- upbear
- uplift
- upraise
- uprear
- vindicate
- advocate
- aid
- assist
- back
- back up
- bolster
- boost
- brace
- buoy up
- buttress
- carry
- champion
- confirm
- countenance
- defend
- elevate
- encourage
- endorse
- help
- hoist
- hold to
- hold up one's end
- justify
- pick up
- promote
- prop
- raise
- rear
- second
- shore up
- side with
- stand by
- stick by
- stick up for
- sustain
- take up
- upbear
- uplift
- upraise
- uprear
- vindicate
- John Hancock
- approve
- authenticate
- authorize
- bear out
- certify
- confirm
- constitute
- corroborate
- endorse
- give stamp of approval
- give the go-ahead
- give the green light
- give the nod
- justify
- legalize
- legitimize
- make binding
- make legal
- make stick
- okay
- ratify
- rubber-stamp
- sanction
- set seal on
- sign off on
- substantiate
- verify
- John Hancock
- approve
- authenticate
- authorize
- bear out
- certify
- confirm
- constitute
- corroborate
- endorse
- give stamp of approval
- give the go-ahead
- give the green light
- give the nod
- justify
- legalize
- legitimize
- make binding
- make legal
- make stick
- okay
- ratify
- rubber-stamp
- sanction
- set seal on
- sign off on
- substantiate
- verify
- John Hancock
- approve
- authenticate
- authorize
- bear out
- certify
- confirm
- constitute
- corroborate
- endorse
- give stamp of approval
- give the go-ahead
- give the green light
- give the nod
- justify
- legalize
- legitimize
- make binding
- make legal
- make stick
- okay
- ratify
- rubber-stamp
- sanction
- set seal on
- sign off on
- substantiate
- verify
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