on the grounds that
idiom
: for the reason that : because
Many critics have objected to the proposal on the grounds that it would be too costly.
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Editor’s picks Cooper denies conspiring with Peterson and tried to get the lawsuit dismissed on the grounds that she was shielded as a journalist.
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025
In December, the city’s Campaign Finance Board, the body charged with administering the matching funds program, essentially expelled the Adams campaign from the program on the grounds that the mayor’s filings for the matching funds were permeated with fraud.
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California officials ultimately filed suit against the federal government, disputing the order on the grounds that more pumping would harm fish protected by the Endangered Species Act.
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The charges were then dismissed by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon last July on the grounds that Smith was unlawfully appointed.
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025
In December, the city’s Campaign Finance Board, the body charged with administering the matching funds program, essentially expelled the Adams campaign from the program on the grounds that the mayor’s filings for the matching funds were permeated with fraud.
—Christian Browne, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
California officials ultimately filed suit against the federal government, disputing the order on the grounds that more pumping would harm fish protected by the Endangered Species Act.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
The charges were then dismissed by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon last July on the grounds that Smith was unlawfully appointed.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
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“On the grounds that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20grounds%20that. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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