Thesaurus / justify
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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 WATCHAttorney 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, 2021PROPUBLICAI 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, 2021PROPUBLICAWhy 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 POSTGameStop’s share price, which approached $500 at one point, had clearly become untethered from the financial metrics that traditionally justify rising prices.
THE GAMESTOP STOCK CRAZE IS ABOUT A POPULIST UPRISING AGAINST WALL STREET. BUT IT’S MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT.DAVID J. LYNCHFEBRUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThen 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 POSTIf 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, 2021TIMEThere 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 POSTMichigan 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 POSTNBC 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, 2021DIGIDAYWORDS RELATED TO JUSTIFY
- add up
- affirm
- analyze
- ascertain
- assay
- attest
- authenticate
- back
- bear out
- certify
- check
- confirm
- convince
- corroborate
- declare
- demonstrate
- determine
- document
- end up
- evidence
- evince
- examine
- experiment
- explain
- find
- fix
- have a case
- justify
- make evident
- manifest
- pan out
- result
- settle
- show
- show clearly
- show once and for all
- substantiate
- sustain
- test
- testify
- trial
- try
- turn out
- uphold
- validate
- verify
- warrant
- witness
- adds up
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- experiments
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- has a case
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- shows once and for all
- substantiates
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- testifies
- tests
- trials
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- turns out
- upholds
- validates
- verifies
- warrants
- witnesses
- acclaim
- advance
- advocate
- applaud
- back
- be all for
- be satisfied with
- celebrate
- commend
- compliment
- confirm
- counsel
- endorse
- enjoin
- esteem
- eulogize
- exalt
- exhort
- extol
- favor
- front for
- glorify
- go on record for
- hold up
- justify
- laud
- magnify
- plug
- praise
- prescribe
- prize
- propose
- put forward
- put in a good word
- put on to
- sanction
- second
- speak highly of
- speak well of
- stand by
- steer
- suggest
- think highly of
- uphold
- urge
- value
- vouch for
- acclaims
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- advocates
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- magnifies
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- prizes
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- puts forward
- puts in a good word
- puts on to
- sanctions
- seconds
- speaks highly of
- speaks well of
- stands by
- steers
- suggests
- thinks highly of
- upholds
- urges
- values
- vouch for
- avenge
- be out for blood
- defend
- even the score
- fight back
- fix
- fix one's wagon
- get
- get back at
- get even
- give comeuppance
- give just desserts
- hit back
- justify
- kick back
- make reprisal
- match
- pay back
- pay back in spades
- pay off
- punish
- reciprocate
- redress
- repay
- requite
- retort
- return
- return the compliment
- score
- settle up
- settle with
- square
- stick it to
- take an eye for an eye
- turn the tables on
- venge
- vindicate
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