justifying

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The contract was awarded without soliciting competing bids because it involved updates to Databricks software already in use, according to a memo justifying the process.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Patient investors get the benefit of seeing more quarterly results and gauging SpaceX’s progress toward justifying its valuation.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

"There was simply no evidence capable of justifying this prosecution," the solicitor said.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Instead, the statute requires the Homeland Security secretary to terminate TPS if the review finds that conditions justifying the designation no longer exist.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

The nickname began generations ago, but each generation took on the mantle of justifying it.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore