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Discover LudwigThe phrase "just a pretext" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a false or invalid reason given for doing something or for a particular action. Example: The company's announcement of budget cuts was just a pretext to lay off their employees and increase their profits.
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Often, this argument is just a pretext.
But that bit of gruesomeness is just a pretext.
Mr Yunus says this is just a pretext for a power grab.
But opponents say the talk of improving Indiana's business climate is just a pretext.
Christmas should be a gastronomic pleasure, not just a pretext for eating several thousand calories.
4.25pm: Freedman asks if Blair ever suggested the UN route was just a pretext.
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He added, "America just wants a pretext to intervene in Syrian affairs after the revolution".
It just becomes a pretext to create a visual, and often the most absurd contrasts create the best results.
Because there will always be people for whom casting choices are not just a point of sociocultural debate but a pretext for misogyny and racism.
Kaufman responded by saying: :"This is just a flimsy pretext for another of the innate cruelties of the German people... I don't think it was my book that prompted this barbarity.
"They are just looking for a pretext to continue their siege and attacks," he said.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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