warranted

Example Sentences

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This works because the Court knows that today’s small step can be followed by accepting relevant cases when they next believe they’re warranted.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

County district attorney’s office will eventually decide whether criminal charges are warranted.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

The public attention devoted to these outbreaks is entirely warranted, given the potential for a global pandemic that could be worse than COVID.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

A Department of Justice investigation was dropped in April, but Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said she would “not hesitate” to reopen the inquiry if warranted.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Papin became increasingly discontented in Hesse, where the landgrave failed to give his researches the support he felt they warranted, and so he determined to return to England.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton