warranted
Example Sentences
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Granted, I also found this grating, depending on when these responses felt warranted.
From Salon
But looking at annual existing-home sales alone paints a bleaker picture than warranted.
From Barron's
Then in early July officials concluded that no additional documents related to Epstein warranted public disclosure, citing victim privacy and court orders.
“The criminal investigation of the chant was never warranted in the first place,” they wrote.
From Salon
“Because it is the unmaking of an agreement, rescission is an extreme remedy and should only be granted by a court of equity when it is ‘clearly warranted,’” the court wrote in the unsigned opinion.
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