primary justification

collocation in English

meaningsofprimaryandjustification

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primary
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us
/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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justification
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌdʒʌs.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌdʒʌs.tə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a good reason or explanation ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandjustificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprimary justification

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With its apparent popularity decline, the broad category of dance music broadcasting had lost itsprimaryjustificationof boosting wartime morale.
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Other reasons may broaden societal obligations, but theprimaryjustificationgives us the core.
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Other reasons may broaden our obligations, but theprimaryjustificationgives us the core.
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It is, perhaps, itsprimaryjustificationright up to today.
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Given the degree of risk which it presents it has to be recognised that theprimaryjustificationfor the total operation is the national interest.
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Experience shows that, having set about rationalisation, which is theprimaryjustificationfor nationalisation, the next question which must be tackled is how best that industry can be run.
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Theprimaryjustificationof any system of registration is that it reveals to the authorities concerned the whereabouts of the establishments which are to be kept under supervision.
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In consequence, legislation substituting breakdown of marriage as theprimaryjustificationfor divorce had to wait, as has been mentioned several times in this debate, until 1969.
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Theprimaryjustificationhas been the negative health effects of second-hand smoke.
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Objectivism regards capitalism as the social system which is most beneficial to the poor, but that this isn't itsprimaryjustification.
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Theprimaryjustificationfor including digital images was to: 1.
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Two primary justifications are given for this practice.
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