justify
verb (used with object)
to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right.
are justifying
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present progressiveof justify.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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They are justifying this expense by calling it “multimodal.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2023
“They are justifying killing these wolf pups as a form of humane management even though these wolf pups pose no danger,” Liao told the Statesman.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2021
To Mr. Pacelle, Australia’s professional hunters are justifying harm to wildlife to get paid.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2021
Dubious claims about privacy rights are justifying a cover-up by Southern University in Baton Rouge of a faculty member’s possible misdeeds.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2017
Others will look after the children of widowers who have gone to the front, and in various other ways the women of France are justifying their reputation for cheerful self-abnegation.
From Paris War Days Diary of an American by Charles Inman Barnard
