legitimize
verb
le·git·i·mize
li-ˈji-tə-ˌmīz 
legitimized; legitimizing
: to make legitimate : legitimate
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That three-game winning streak that seemed to legitimize this year’s squad as a fun upstart playoff contender?
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Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
Heeding those concerns, the Richmond City Council adopted a street vendor policy in July meant to legitimize those businesses by bringing them into compliance with health and safety laws.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
This means that companies, especially ones that publish titles like Last War Survival, use famous people like Anthony Starr to legitimize them.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Indian Americans and Americans of all faiths cannot continue to allow Modi to use our country as a platform to legitimize his policies abroad, and to spread hate here at home.
—Rasheed Ahmed, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
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Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
Heeding those concerns, the Richmond City Council adopted a street vendor policy in July meant to legitimize those businesses by bringing them into compliance with health and safety laws.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
This means that companies, especially ones that publish titles like Last War Survival, use famous people like Anthony Starr to legitimize them.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Indian Americans and Americans of all faiths cannot continue to allow Modi to use our country as a platform to legitimize his policies abroad, and to spread hate here at home.
—Rasheed Ahmed, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Legitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legitimize. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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legitimize
transitive verb
le·git·i·mize
lə-ˈji-tə-ˌmīz
legitimized; legitimizing
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