with some justification
idiom
: not unreasonably
She noted with some justification that other people had experienced similar problems.
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Trump can, with some justification, take a victory lap for this change (though Vladimir Putin surely deserves more credit).
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Joshua Keating, Vox, 17 Mar. 2025
That’s the way the media go, and with some justification, plus, yes, joy.
—Randy Galloway, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2024
Henry has served haplessly in the job ever since, lately citing—with some justification—widespread instability in the capital as the main impediment to holding new national elections.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2024
Apple emphasized, with some justification, that this could be risky for you.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
Russia, China, and Iran feel, with some justification, that America is a helpless giant whose days as a superpower are numbered.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 12 Jan. 2024
The World Service brings in the lion’s share of this audience and can claim with some justification to be one of the ways the United Kingdom still maintains an outsized role in the lives of people around the world.
—Simon J. Potter, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2023
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Joshua Keating, Vox, 17 Mar. 2025
That’s the way the media go, and with some justification, plus, yes, joy.
—Randy Galloway, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2024
Henry has served haplessly in the job ever since, lately citing—with some justification—widespread instability in the capital as the main impediment to holding new national elections.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2024
Apple emphasized, with some justification, that this could be risky for you.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
Russia, China, and Iran feel, with some justification, that America is a helpless giant whose days as a superpower are numbered.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 12 Jan. 2024
The World Service brings in the lion’s share of this audience and can claim with some justification to be one of the ways the United Kingdom still maintains an outsized role in the lives of people around the world.
—Simon J. Potter, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2023
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“With some justification.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/with%20some%20justification. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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