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Examples of justifiable in a Sentence
had justifiable reasons for leaving early
Recent Examples of justifiable from the Web
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Of those, four have been ruled justifiable and therefore are not deemed by police as criminal.
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Unclear also is whether authorities believe the use of a gun by the officer constituted a justifiable use of force.
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Margaery’s ruthless pragmatism here is consistent with the general ethos of the ambitious Tyrell family, though, so the scene is somewhat justifiable on those grounds.
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First Known Use of justifiable
1561
Law Dictionary
justifiable
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adjective
jus·ti·fi·able
\ˌjəs-tə-ˈfī-ə-bəl\
Legal Definition of justifiable
: capable of being justified justifiable reliance
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