Add
Add verb - To join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase.
Justify
Justify verb - To be an acceptable reason for.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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You add new trope examples to a work of media just to subvert, invert, avert, play with, or justify them.
- Add in existential angst to justify his social awkwardness and a doll-like appearance and you have a character that most players just want to give a hug to.
Source: Moe / Video Games - Add to that, he doesn't express any real regret for his past actions while under the drug, even going so far as to try to justify them as things anyone would have done at the time.
Source: Broken Aesop / Video Games
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