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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of justify.

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Examples

  • Eric Michael Johnson presents The Nature of Partisan Politics-Part I posted at The Primate Diaries, saying, “Yuval Levin justifies partisan bickering based on false assumptions about human nature.”

    Creative Carnival – March 2009 « Write Anything 2009

  • Coca-Cola claims the use of the word 'flavored' in the name justifies the fact that pomegranate and blueberry aren't the two main ingredients in the juice, and that the word 'blend' implies there are additional fruits at play, according to court documents.

    POM Sues Minute Maid For Exploiting Health Benefits Of Pomegranate 2010

  • Coca-Cola claims the use of the word 'flavored' in the name justifies the fact that pomegranate and blueberry aren't the two main ingredients in the juice, and that the word 'blend' implies there are additional fruits at play, according to court documents.

    POM Sues Minute Maid For Exploiting Health Benefits Of Pomegranate 2010

  • Stalin justifies the further sacrifice which this will demand from his people by the need of "guaranteeing the country against any eventuality."

    The Russian Riddle 1946

  • Now this does not follow; the faith that justifies is a faith that "works by love."

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

  • Further, the much overused phrase, "too big to fail," and the policy (or policies) that government claims that the phrase justifies encourages the following:

    Waldo's Virginia Political Blogroll 2009

  • He cannot but own that those who had the charge of him, parents, ministers, had done their part; they had been his teachers; they had instructed him, had given him good counsel and fair warning (v. 13); but to his own shame and confusion does he speak it, and therein justifies God in all the miseries that were brought upon him, he had not obeyed their voice, for indeed he never inclined his ear to those that instructed him, never minded what they said nor admitted the impressions of it.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

  • f the origin justifies the belief then using your own logic we could say religion is an evolutionary construct and my justification for belief is its origin, but I'm sure that's completely different right?

    Child Abuse Alert 2009

  • That’s one of the ways dick-brain justifies doing whatever benefits corporations and the rich.

    Think Progress » What Americans Want In A Supreme Court Justice 2005

  • The important thing though is that the simple label justifies the sporting of a smug arrogance many find irresistable.

    British Rebels 2009

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