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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Defenders of the president’s policy either deny the tariffs-to-stocks relationship, or rationalize the market correction on the grounds that this trade war will lead to some fantastical renaissance of U.S. manufacturing activity.
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Ryan Ellis, National Review, 13 Mar. 2025
Christoph Hellwig, maintainer of the Direct Memory Access (DMA) API, was opposed to Rust code in his section on the grounds that a cross-language codebase was painful to maintain.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025
Separately, two museums in Vienna — the Albertina and the Leopold Museum — are also fighting the heirs’ claims for Schiele works in their collections on the grounds that Austria’s sovereign immunity protects them from U.S. lawsuits.
—Catherine Hickley, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Washington had already picked quarrels with neighbors and allies such as Canada, Mexico, Panama and Greenland, on the grounds that the US was asserting its self-interests.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Ellis, National Review, 13 Mar. 2025
Christoph Hellwig, maintainer of the Direct Memory Access (DMA) API, was opposed to Rust code in his section on the grounds that a cross-language codebase was painful to maintain.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025
Separately, two museums in Vienna — the Albertina and the Leopold Museum — are also fighting the heirs’ claims for Schiele works in their collections on the grounds that Austria’s sovereign immunity protects them from U.S. lawsuits.
—Catherine Hickley, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Washington had already picked quarrels with neighbors and allies such as Canada, Mexico, Panama and Greenland, on the grounds that the US was asserting its self-interests.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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