justified

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This proposed hunt -- justified, at least theoretically, because it would allow hunters easier access to the area before freeze-up -- would, ironically, reduce the variety of hunting opportunities available in Minnesota, not expand them.

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  1. Arranged and spaced so as to line up at the left side or right side of the printed page, or on both sides; as, left justified; right justified.

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  1. having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins

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  • Kit Cruncher's calculation was fully justified, and we were satisfied that no Indian could approach the Castle without our knowledge, if we only kept a vigilant watch Again we gathered around the coffined form of old Matt. —  Field and Forest The Fortunes of a Farmer
  • A burst of firing ahead was his first intimation that Charteris's fears were justified, and two out of the five scouts came scurrying back to say that the enemy had evidently evacuated the defile, and were awaiting the fugitives here. —  The Path to Honour
  • I admit it; she would have been justified--from her point of view. —  The Promised Land
  • But in connection with the general claim, which experience has, on the whole, justified, there are two important reservations. —  A History of the United States
  • Perhaps there was a magic drink mingled with his wine Idalia had so thrown herself into the Olympic life her name justified that she had her little son baptized Cupid. —  Pater Peter. English.
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