as in excuse
an explanation that frees one from fault or blame
offered a weak justification for why he was so late
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The bill, titled the Protect Veteran Jobs Act, would also require federal agencies to submit reports to Congress on the veteran dismissals and provide clear justifications for termination.
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Andrea Pineda-Salgado, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2025
Zoom in: Since the finding was issued in the wake of a 2007 Supreme Court decision, scientific and legal justifications to limit greenhouse gas emissions have only grown stronger, said Michael Greenstone, founding director of the University of Chicago's Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
After sixteen months of watching a genocide happen in real time—with more-or-less total support from Western governments, despite the euphemisms and justifications skillfully woven by headlines and political speeches—the contradiction is becoming harder to ignore.
—Hazlitt, 27 Feb. 2025
Many Asian allies worried that Washington’s actions provoked Beijing into cross-strait escalation, or at least handed Beijing a convenient justification for expanding its military activities around Taiwan.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Andrea Pineda-Salgado, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2025
Zoom in: Since the finding was issued in the wake of a 2007 Supreme Court decision, scientific and legal justifications to limit greenhouse gas emissions have only grown stronger, said Michael Greenstone, founding director of the University of Chicago's Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
After sixteen months of watching a genocide happen in real time—with more-or-less total support from Western governments, despite the euphemisms and justifications skillfully woven by headlines and political speeches—the contradiction is becoming harder to ignore.
—Hazlitt, 27 Feb. 2025
Many Asian allies worried that Washington’s actions provoked Beijing into cross-strait escalation, or at least handed Beijing a convenient justification for expanding its military activities around Taiwan.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Justification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/justification. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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