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Recent Examples of justifiability
The mixing of politics and scientific justifiability goes back even to Trump’s first term.
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for justifiability
Noun
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Kim, jailed since August, plans to appeal the ruling to South Korea’s Supreme Court as her legal team contests the investigation’s validity.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Some hotels also have validity windows (for instance, travel within six to twelve months of your wedding).—
Shradha Shahani,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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These factors reduce the applicability and appeal to venture-style funding.—
Samuel Mueller,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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The research team also revealed that their strategy is a highly effective approach for improving not only the thermoelectric and mechanical performances of Ag2Se but also its applicability in curved or flexible energy harvesting devices.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The team said the approach could also be used to design catalysts for other energy storage and conversion technologies, expanding its relevance beyond lithium-sulfur systems.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ballario’s video is unclear, explaining that Hirst’s relevance to the project, which is intended to celebrate McDonald’s 40th anniversary in Italy, is, in fact, irrelevant.—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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His latest work, The Urgency of Indigenous Values—available via JSTOR’s Path to Open program—not only examines the origins, wisdom, and pertinence of Haudenosaunee beliefs, but also confronts the inherent limitations of such examination.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Apr. 2026
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Shackleton has some pertinence for fans of Apple TV’s sci-fi alternate-history series For All Mankind, in which prospectors from the United States and the Soviet Union compete for water resources inside the crater.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Troubled waters In a digitally evolving society, Kodak has been fighting to keep its place and relevancy.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
11 Apr. 2026
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This approach is designed to help media companies create and distribute content at scale in a way that is both culturally responsive and commercially meaningful, thereby maintaining relevancy and IP monetization for longer.—
Ernest Sturm,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Venezuelan forward Kelsy cut from right to left, sending a bearing-down McVey to the turf as Kelsy fired off a shot Ferree had no hope of stopping.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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One thing almost every Spurs fan can agree on is that today’s game at Wolves will have a significant bearing on their Great Escape prospects.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Justifiability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/justifiability. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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