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Term: justified

Part of Speech: Verb

Sense 1: To demonstrate or prove to be just, right, or valid

Sample Sentence: The lawyer justified her client's actions by presenting compelling evidence.

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Sense 2: To align or adjust text in a document to the left, right, or center margin

Sample Sentence: In HTML, you can use the `text-align` property to justified text within a div.

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Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1: Morally or ethically right; well-founded

Sample Sentence: The company's decision to increase employees' salaries was justified given their hard work.

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Sense 2: Describing something that has been adjusted or aligned with justified text

Sample Sentence: The paragraphs in the article were visually more appealing after they were justified.

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