warrant
noun
authorization, sanction, or justification.
have warranted
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present perfectof warrant.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Tide tables have become the stuff of national interest, and rare moments when the exhausted whale has blown water or flapped its fin have warranted breaking news bulletins.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
I thought that whole Wolves performance was one that should have warranted a win and more than they got.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
Certainly not the triumphant exit that one of the franchise’s icons would have warranted in a perfect world.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
In a 2019 interview for Mr. Pike’s book, Mr. Hébras said that, while some other Nazi atrocities in France were clearly reprisals, nothing going on in Oradour would have warranted such an attack.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
With the keen distrust of jealousy, he watched his rival sharply at every meeting; but even suspicion could discover nothing that would have warranted this conjecture.
From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Felix Dahn
