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is justifying
  • present progressive of justify (3rd person singular).

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“This alone would not be convincing. You need this, plus other papers. All of this is justifying this huge thinking that: Ah, Venus is maybe still active today.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023

Manson is justifying his place in the group by bringing a keen hunger to win, not just an ability to knock people down.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2022

“I feel that everything that has been happening is justifying people’s hesitancy,” he said.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2021

Although you can get keyboards that cost the same as the Lumi with these features, Roli is justifying the price primarily via its software, not hardware.

From The Verge • Nov. 18, 2020

No time is lost; for, while the stick is setting a second line; the "spacer" is justifying the first; so that, in a few moments after starting, the processes are going forward simultaneously.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various