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 agency may be reluctant to implement this law because the Amalgamated Transit Union has litigated to block federal grants on the grounds that PEPRA violates the 1964 Urban Mass Transportation Act.
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Marc Joffe, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Multiple critics objected to the latter option on the grounds that popular opinion was notoriously unreliable.
—Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
And earlier this month, the California Coastal Commission rejected a SpaceX plan to increase the number of rocket launches from Vandenburg Space Force Base to 50 a year, on the grounds that SpaceX was increasingly using the launches for their Starlink satellites instead of for military missions.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Marc Joffe, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Multiple critics objected to the latter option on the grounds that popular opinion was notoriously unreliable.
—Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
And earlier this month, the California Coastal Commission rejected a SpaceX plan to increase the number of rocket launches from Vandenburg Space Force Base to 50 a year, on the grounds that SpaceX was increasingly using the launches for their Starlink satellites instead of for military missions.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Share [Findings] The Journal of Pediatric Genetics retracted a study on Islamic beliefs concerning the possible supernatural causes of birth defects on the grounds that the research lacked a scientific basis.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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