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Example sentences for: defends

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A story defends Joyce Maynard, whose forthcoming memoir describes her affair with J.D.
But Daniel Geschwind, a neurogeneticist at UCLA, defends this approach, saying that a well-planned fishing expedition that uses the right technology and looks in the appropriate places can result in a “freezer full of fish.”
The introduction defends the concept of ranking (it cuts through late 20 th -century "data smog," and besides other magazines do it too).
A story defends the Scholastic Assessment Test.
Alan Kling defends liposuction, despite a few regrettable deaths.