as in legitimate
capable of being defended with good reasoning against verbal attack
had justifiable reasons for leaving early
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Recent Examples of justifiable
And in a vacuum, all of the decisions were justifiable.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
Now, the man is wondering if his actions are justifiable.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Alongside demoralization runs justifiable caution; the act of protest itself has become more dangerous.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2025
He was told that no charges were filed and that it was deemed a justifiable homicide.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
Now, the man is wondering if his actions are justifiable.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Alongside demoralization runs justifiable caution; the act of protest itself has become more dangerous.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2025
He was told that no charges were filed and that it was deemed a justifiable homicide.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for justifiable
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Update your website's robots.txt file to explicitly allow access to legitimate AI crawlers like OpenAI's GPTBot and Google's AI systems, while still blocking problematic scrapers.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Two of the best teams in the league, two legitimate Stanley Cup contenders, playing each other a month too early but playing each other nonetheless.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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My suspicion is that the Air will have a design that will turn heads, and if battery life is acceptable, will prove very popular.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Starting May 7, air travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant driver's license, passport, or other acceptable identification for domestic flights.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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For leaders, this means stepping back from always driving the energy in the room and creating space for the feedback itself to surface and shape the next viable step.—
Mary Hemphill, PhD,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Just about every viable option short of Pacioretty had been used in the first five games, including four different left wingers in Game 5 alone.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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In a rational market, a CEO who delivers declining sales, shrinking margins, and alienates core customers while pursuing outside interests would see their company's stock value decline until either performance improves or leadership changes.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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In some, the conceit of rational or empirical investigation is coupled with a principle that resists being accounted for in that way: axioms of indifference or exhaustion; rulesof inference;principles of detachment; propertiesof between.—
Jeffrey Weiss,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Eureka Innova Cordless Stick Multi-Surface Vacuum for $207: This is a good stick vacuum at a reasonable price.—
Nena Farrell,
Wired News,
3 May 2025
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There is no sustainable or reasonable way to make rent costs come down for New Yorkers, particularly at the lower income bands, without simply constructing a lot more housing in general.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
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The most defensible positions will center on traits AI struggles to replicate: genuine empathy, creative vision, relationship-building, and ethical decision-making.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Intuitions, with shape-shifting qualities akin to those of paranoias or fantasies, are not always defensible, rarely unassailable.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Justifiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/justifiable. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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