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justifications

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plural of justification

as in excuses

an explanation that frees one from fault or blame offered a weak justification for why he was so late

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Recent Examples of justifications Idaho allows exemptions for medical, religious or other reasons, and medical justifications account for very few of those exemptions, according to data from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 21 Aug. 2026 At the center lies carceral safety politics—logics that turn fears of violence into justifications for punitive responses. — Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026 His shows were cancelled for what writers for Ynet and Haaretz considered questionable reasons, among them alleged pressure from Netanyahu’s allies, although the networks involved named other justifications, including financial ones. — Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026 Echoing Turkey’s justifications for its contentious S-400 acquisition completed the year before, which led a ban from the F-35 program and CAATSA sanctions slapped on Ankara, Iraqi officials claimed America offered no viable alternative. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 And in many cases, the same justifications elucidated by Douglass remain. — Jacob Ware, The Conversation, 31 July 2026 Hegseth, who appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee to request an additional $67 billion in funding, was pressed by Democrats to be more transparent about the war's war's progress, goals, strategies and justifications. — Mary Bruce, ABC News, 22 July 2026 All of these excuses and explanations and justifications are wrong, and missing the point. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026 None of those justifications appear to apply here, according to contracting experts and former staffers consulted by ProPublica. — Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 17 July 2026

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The software company PDFFly surveyed 2000 managers and senior managers and found that while 85% of managers suspect their employees are making fake excuses to grab extra time off in the summer, half of management are doing exactly that themselves.

— Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Save as a collection on MyRecipes Fall brings football tailgates, family dinners, and dozens more excuses to gather.

— Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2026

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This increase happens for two reasons — both tied to the fact that El Niño is characterized by warmer than average ocean temperatures in the equatorial tropical Pacific Ocean.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Less than a week after our Zoom conversation with Knapp, an unrelated Good Good collab went viral for all of the wrong reasons.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

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