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verb

past tense of warrant
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Recent Examples of warranted
Verb
But there are times this approach doesn’t work, and getting some outside support may be warranted. Parents, 10 Aug. 2026 Provenance representations, warranted by the vendor rather than gestured at in a policy page. Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 The weather service said a heat advisory might be warranted for Sunday if storm activity is sparse and too short-lived to have any cooling effects across the region. Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026 But if Reddit’s AI removes such content before a human moderator sees it, those moderators lose the ability to assess whether a ban is warranted. Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026 In actuality, that’s the best thing to do since prolonging the repair can lead to a full-on replacement that wasn’t warranted in the first place. Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2026 Hoyer deemed a deliberate investment in this Cubs team was warranted, backed by four trades in the 36 hours leading up to Monday’s MLB trade deadline. Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026 The grand jury will determine whether an indictment is warranted. Adam England, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026 If this were 20 months ago, Putin’s confidence would have been warranted. Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warranted
Adjective
  • Different fandoms may debate whether the shots fired there are justified, but Bridgers is kind of taking one at herself here, too, amid all the no-love-lost.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Despite the reforms, the NYPD’s federal monitor has repeatedly said that even when officers conduct a legally justified stop, the subsequent frisk or more invasive search is too often not justified.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Under the idea, the first 12 CFP berths would be guaranteed in some form (by selection committee rankings and/or automatic qualifying spots), while eight additional teams would vie for the final four spots in play-in games.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Walk through any airport and you're almost guaranteed to spot a few Travelpro bags on the move.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Today, the compounds remain the main ingredients in hundreds of products on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s list of disinfectants approved to combat SARS-CoV-2.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The Woodstock Planning Commission partially approved a proposal for the Ansley Park mobile home community property on Thursday.
    Emily McLeod, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Multiply that by the three to five cups required for a loaf of bread, and your end product’s consistency will be off.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026
  • No law required it, no lawsuit compelled it, and the commission had not even reported.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The affidavit does not say who is alleged to have posted the video.
    Sarah Ford, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Matt Weiss is alleged to have hacked into the accounts of athletes – mostly women – from more than 100 universities.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • At the time, steamships and the printing press enabled people and ideas to travel farther and faster across the globe than ever before.
    Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The change enabled state and local government employees to stop working at an earlier age and collect more retirement pay.
    Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The toilet bowl has Díaz-Canel’s face painted on it, so people can leave their deserved offering.
    Sarah Moreno August 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Netflix has already faced deserved criticism for its sports coverage, often turning live events into infomercials for its entertainment division.
    Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Geneva Conventions, a set of treaties governing the conduct of warring parties, which were ratified in the aftermath of the Second World War, forbid the arbitrary detention of civilians.
    Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • If ratified by voters, the amendment would give Marylanders the final say over any new congressional map through the constitutional amendment process.
    Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2026

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