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- verb Present participle of
justify .
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Examples
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Obama shouldn't was a nano-second of his term justifying anything to his naysayers, and like FDR, steamroll his way to national resurrection.
Obama: "I Don't Think There's Any Question That We Have A Mandate" 2009
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I also object to using the term 'dickhead' in the ad as many students will use this term justifying it by the fact that it was in a VicRoads ad so it must be OK to say it.
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I also object to using the term 'dickhead' in the ad as many students will use this term justifying it by the fact that it was in a VicRoads ad so it must be OK to say it.
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I also object to using the term 'dickhead' in the ad as many students will use this term justifying it by the fact that it was in a VicRoads ad so it must be OK to say it.
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I also object to using the term 'dickhead' in the ad as many students will use this term justifying it by the fact that it was in a VicRoads ad so it must be OK to say it.
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And Syrianews echoes this sentiment in justifying the welcome received:
Global Voices in English » World: Reactions to the Release of the “Lockerbie bomber” 2009
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They close the eyes, look the other way and justify what they do against the “Family Values” they suppose to uphold; like Palin justifying the irresponsibility of her teenage daughter Bristol getting pregnant at 17th, what they say now is as long as she kept the baby that is fine.
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On this one issue, they magically abandon their opposition to military attacks on civilians, their defense of weaker groups being bullied and occupied by far stronger factions, their belief that unilateral military attacks are unjustified, and suddenly find common cause with Charles Krauthammer, The Weekly Standard, and the Bush administration in justifying even the most heinous Israeli crimes of aggression.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Israeli Version of Ship Incident 2010
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Even if the results of such lazy ideas lead to more work (in justifying it, fixing unintended consequences, etc), at least it is more comforting in that they had their way and any subsequent mess derived from the initial fury can be dealt with in the same way.
Matthew Yglesias » Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism 2010
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The Space community has been very ineffective in justifying the space program.
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