justify

Example Sentences

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To justify his decision, he invoked the need to "defend national security".

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“While having SpaceX listed would bring substantial value to an exchange, this alone should not justify altering the method used to determine index inclusion,” Matturri wrote in a LinkedIn post.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

One legitimate concern among cardiologists, says Blaha, is doctors who may inappropriately use a calcium score to justify doing a procedure, such as putting a stent in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“I think that a year like this, where you see fertilizer prices moving the way they’re moving, it may justify using other methodologies,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

As their funds were contractually stuck inside Scion Capital for some time, the investors’ only recourse was to send him disturbed-sounding e-mails asking him to justify his new strategy.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis