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unjust

[uhn-juhst] / ʌnˈdʒʌst /


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Gao’s supporters have called his case an attack on speech and an unjust retroactive application of the law.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

"OpenAI should not be permitted to use Apple's secrets to gain an unjust head start in its hardware ambitions," the iPhone-maker says.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Probably because this time what he sought to overturn — discipline stemming from Balogun’s accidental contact in the United States’ victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina — actually was unjust.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

Because of that arrangement, and a separate termination notice it sent him, it shares responsibility for his unjust firing, his suit alleges.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

If this state of affairs had lasted for two or three years, we could say that it was unjust; but it lasted for more than two hundred years.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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