How to Use on the grounds that in a Sentence

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• Combs’ team responded to the former model’s complaint last week, seeking a dismissal on the grounds that her claim is time-barred and preempted by state law.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
• Dead Mountains Wilderness, on the grounds that the area is sacred.
  — Dan Michalski, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Nov. 2022
• Louisville has asked the appeals court to throw out the case on the grounds that Nelson is no longer subject to city law.
  — Beth Reinhard, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
• But the Lakota rejected the settlement on the grounds that the land was never for sale.
  — Hannah Fish, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2023
• Josephine was declared free on the grounds that slavery was not recognized in Italy.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 20 Nov. 2023
• However, the court ruled against him on the grounds that the chef provided no proof that the downgrade had caused him damage.
  — Amarachi Orie, CNN, 1 Mar. 2023
• The defense filed its fourth motion to throw out the case last week on the grounds that the state failed to turn over evidence to the defense in a timely manner.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 25 June 2024
• In that case, the court overturned a guilty verdict on the grounds that the jury instructions were confusing.
  — Variety, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024
• But he has been rejected on the grounds that armed British police officers are not for hire.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
• Netflix is seeking to have the lawsuit thrown out on the grounds that the depiction is substantially true.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 July 2024
• Meta will counteract on the grounds that promotion is, at the end of the day, content, predicts Fordham’s Rashbaum.
  — Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023
• The teachers’ union and other groups are suing on the grounds that the law extends beyond schools into public libraries.
  — The Editors, Scientific American, 25 May 2023
• The teachers’ union and other groups are suing on the grounds that the law extends beyond schools into public libraries.
  — The Editors, Scientific American, 25 May 2023
• The circuit court judge dismissed the case on the grounds that an embryo stored in vitro did not count as a person under Alabama law.
  — Amy Yurkanin | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2023
• Gay groups were banned from the parade the next year on the grounds that their presence was inappropriate for a celebration of a Catholic saint.
  — Liam Stack, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
• Fox News has since removed the case to federal court in New York, on the grounds that the plaintiff and defendants reside in different states.
  — Variety, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023
• My client appealed the jury verdict on the grounds that the court issued a jury instruction that confused and misled the jury.
  — Jean Marie Middleton, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
• The defendants have moved to have 13 of the 15 claims filed by Dietz dismissed on the grounds that the California court lacks jurisdiction.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2023
• In 2015, that deal was canceled by the current government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the grounds that a fair and open competition was not held.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 Jan. 2023
• Cohen, who favors maintaining access to mifepristone, is holding out hope that the court will throw the case out on the grounds that the plaintiffs don’t have the standing to challenge the FDA.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
• Change of venue Trump's attorneys will also likely argue for an overturn of the verdict on the grounds that their change of venue request was denied.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 6 June 2024
• Courts blocked a prior bid by the Trump administration to ban the app in part on the grounds that such a move violated free speech protections.
  — Fox News, 25 Mar. 2023
• The United States vetoed that resolution, on the grounds that any cease-fire would allow Hamas to regroup and attack Israel again.
  — Michael Crowley, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• The Court of Appeal rejected this, on the grounds that Evans's evidence was at times contentious, but not so tenuous as to need expunging.
  — The Week Uk, theweek, 28 July 2024
• The people who make and enjoy racist comedy often defend it on the grounds that comedians should not be held to the same standards as politicians.
  — Seth Simons, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• Some states may attempt to refuse to certify electoral votes for Trump on the grounds that he is disqualified under Section 3.
  — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2024
• Seidel had moved to have Chaudry’s case tossed out on the grounds that the state prosecutor proceeded with charges outside of its jurisdiction.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 4 Oct. 2022
• His convictions were later annulled on the grounds that he was tried in a court without proper jurisdiction.
  — Carla Bridi, ajc, 27 Dec. 2022
• This value was chosen on the grounds that no amount of lead in drinking water at all is considered safe, and because 1 ppb is the limit for detection in lead water tests.
  — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2024
• Cannon did not address the remedy for the funding violation given her finding that the indictment should be dismissed on the grounds that Smith was improperly appointed.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 July 2024

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024