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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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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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the Eastern U.S. District Court of Virginia’s denial of a preliminary injunction on the grounds that Virginia’s THC limit law is not preempted by the 2018 Farm Act.
—Zack Huffman, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The move angered Democrats because Republicans in 2016 blocked President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nomination seven months before the general election on the grounds that whoever succeeded Obama should fill the vacancy.
—Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
In 2018, his first administration sought to strip the status from Salvadorans, on the grounds that the earthquake that had prompted the U.S. to grant it back in 2001 was long past, even if other crises had since occurred.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the Eastern U.S. District Court of Virginia’s denial of a preliminary injunction on the grounds that Virginia’s THC limit law is not preempted by the 2018 Farm Act.
—Zack Huffman, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The move angered Democrats because Republicans in 2016 blocked President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nomination seven months before the general election on the grounds that whoever succeeded Obama should fill the vacancy.
—Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
In 2018, his first administration sought to strip the status from Salvadorans, on the grounds that the earthquake that had prompted the U.S. to grant it back in 2001 was long past, even if other crises had since occurred.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 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 19 Feb. 2025.
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