How to Use on the grounds that in a Sentence

on the grounds that

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• His claim will be fully defended, including on the grounds that it is brought out of time.
  — Simon Perry, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
• Fang Di rejects her cousin on the grounds that Tian Tian just wants money.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
• Josephine was declared free on the grounds that slavery was not recognized in Italy.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 20 Nov. 2023
• Dead Mountains Wilderness, on the grounds that the area is sacred.
  — Dan Michalski, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Nov. 2022
• Louisville has asked the appeals court to throw out the case on the grounds that Nelson is no longer subject to city law.
  — Beth Reinhard, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
• An appeals court upheld the order, on the grounds that immigrants had not been given due process.
  — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
• But he has been rejected on the grounds that armed British police officers are not for hire.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
• Some have called the death data into question on the grounds that Hamas controls the health ministry.
  — Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 4 Oct. 2024
• But the Lakota rejected the settlement on the grounds that the land was never for sale.
  — Hannah Fish, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2023
• In that case, the court overturned a guilty verdict on the grounds that the jury instructions were confusing.
  — Variety, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024
• Netflix is seeking to have the lawsuit thrown out on the grounds that the depiction is substantially true.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 July 2024
• The teachers’ union and other groups are suing on the grounds that the law extends beyond schools into public libraries.
  — The Editors, Scientific American, 25 May 2023
• 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
• There’s also a museum on the grounds that explores the site’s history, which dates all the way back to prehistoric times.
  — Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
• Relf and other residents have watched their lawsuit against the venue get dismissed twice on the grounds that it was filed too early — before the venue opened.
  — John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2024
• The defense filed its fourth motion to throw out the case last week on the grounds that the state failed to turn over evidence to the defense in a timely manner.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 25 June 2024
• This would have to be initiated by the FDA on the grounds that the drug is not safe or effective.
  — Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
• Trump’s deportations may face a legal challenge on the grounds that deported men were sent to prison without a trial.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
• But anyone who was 80 or older was not eligible on the grounds that the vaccine is less effective for the very old.
  — Bryan Walsh, Vox, 5 Apr. 2025
• The building also has a plastic-free policy, and there is even a bee farm on the grounds that produces Bulgari honey.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2025
• The circuit court judge dismissed the case on the grounds that an embryo stored in vitro did not count as a person under Alabama law.
  — Amy Yurkanin | [email protected], al, 19 Sep. 2023
• My client appealed the jury verdict on the grounds that the court issued a jury instruction that confused and misled the jury.
  — Jean Marie Middleton, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
• Jarred Gillett ruled against a red card on the grounds that Haaland was not denied a clear goalscoring opportunity.
  — Phil Hay, New York Times, 19 May 2025
• Both had asked the judges in their respective cases to throw out the charges on the grounds that they were being vindictively prosecuted.
  — Kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan, CNBC, 24 Nov. 2025
• Combs’ team responded to the former model’s complaint last week, seeking a dismissal on the grounds that her claim is time-barred and preempted by state law.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
• Gay groups were banned from the parade the next year on the grounds that their presence was inappropriate for a celebration of a Catholic saint.
  — Liam Stack, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
• The people who make and enjoy racist comedy often defend it on the grounds that comedians should not be held to the same standards as politicians.
  — Seth Simons, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• Abrego Garcia has pleaded not guilty and has moved to dismiss the case on the grounds that the prosecution is selective and vindictive.
  — Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
• Meta will counteract on the grounds that promotion is, at the end of the day, content, predicts Fordham’s Rashbaum.
  — Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023
• Seidel had moved to have Chaudry’s case tossed out on the grounds that the state prosecutor proceeded with charges outside of its jurisdiction.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 4 Oct. 2022