on the grounds that
idiom
: for the reason that : because
Many critics have objected to the proposal on the grounds that it would be too costly.
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Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
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The petition is seeking her release from prison and to overturn her conviction in the death of Farber Dulos on the grounds that she was deprived of her rights to effective counsel under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.
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Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
My own guess is that Sarkozy may have justified the gambit to himself on the grounds that Qaddafi owed France.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
The petition is seeking her release from prison and to overturn her conviction in the death of Farber Dulos on the grounds that she was deprived of her rights to effective counsel under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2026
Two days later, news of the alleged State Farm scheme broke and five days after that Drummond filed a motion to intervene in the case on the grounds that RICO laws were being violated.
—J.c. Hallman, Oklahoma Watch, 13 Jan. 2026
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