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Brooks wants to see “yield support,” or a narrowing of interest-rate differentials between the dollar and the yen to justify a more long-term readjustment higher.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Although the findings were statistically significant, they were not large enough to justify major changes in an individual's daily habits.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

That could help justify Gap’s new products to consumers while reinforcing what the brand stands for.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Many of last season's big-money signings - with a good chunk of them coming from the Bundesliga - failed to meet expectations or justify their transfer fee.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

In this way they could justify treating the Indigenous peoples in much the same ways they had been treated when the nobles displaced them from the commons.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Anthropic will have to get to its own market projection without owning a declining microblogging platform, and until its documents are public, we won’t know how the company justifies it.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

It justifies the name change by saying that the deepest part of the lake is on the American side, meaning that the United States "claims most of the Lake's volume."

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

“This is reflected in the ever-shorter and ever-shallower dips in key indexes, and by the relatively violent reactions when good news justifies an upward revaluation,” he adds.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Looking to add to their 2010 triumph, Spain would hope Yamal, who will turn 19 on the eve of the tie, picks the semi-final to deliver a performance that justifies his talent.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

“Is there anyplace in the Bible that justifies it—even by a stretch of the imagination, Father?”

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

Ultimately, it’s a lost cause, because his fears are justified.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

The organisation argued that its position was "justified" and "the minimum response necessary" to protect the World Heritage Site.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

The court said in a statement that it had unanimously found that "none of the grounds" put forward by India to suspend the treaty were justified.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 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

"Your conclusions are, I think, justified," he said.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

In the court’s Cook decision justifying the unique status of the Fed as an independent body, Chief Justice John Roberts invoked common-law tradition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The practice is so unusual that an internal waiver justifying the choice is typically required.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

The Times quotes officials justifying the order by saying it would reduce duplication of effort; our own spies wouldn’t bother recruiting someone if they knew he or she was already an agent.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026

In justifying the repeal of its former rule, the SEC argued that repeal made negotiating settlements easier and cheaper — thus, sparing the SEC’s scarce resources.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

She saw how welfare caseworkers kept clients in the dark about their rights, justifying arbitrary actions by citing mysterious regulations.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson