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has been justifying

  • present perfect progressive
    of justify (3rd person singular).
    justify
    verb (used with object)
    to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right.

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Zubimendi has been justifying his manager's comments since signing from boyhood club Real Sociedad in July 2025.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026

A: It’s hard to imagine how your fiancée has been justifying her own behavior to herself.

From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2018