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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BELIE Fail to justify short strike in other words (5) The Telegraph Toughie Feb 8, 2019
3% ETC "And others," for short (3)
3% IDEST "In other words," in other words (5) New York Times Dec 7, 2025
3% WALTON Goggins of "Justified" (6) Wall Street Journal Dec 6, 2025
3% UMPS Strike callers, for short (4)
3% MMA Sport with striking and grappling, for short (3) New York Times Dec 2, 2025
3% ETHICAL Morally justifiable (7) The Times Concise Nov 19, 2025
3% LEGITIMISED Made justifiable (11) The Times Concise Nov 10, 2025
3% MAGS Life and others, for short (4) The Atlantic Oct 16, 2025
3% THATIS "In other words ..." (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 11, 2025

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