as in to invalidate
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Recent Examples of delegitimize
To remain on advisory boards that have been stripped of meaningful advisory function is to become that shopkeeper, to lend legitimacy to a process that has been systematically delegitimized.
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Alondra Nelson, Time, 13 May 2025
Democrats and Republicans must continue working together to combat efforts to isolate, delegitimize, and demonize our key ally, Israel.
—Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
In exalting above all other concerns his personal conception of the institutional integrity of the Supreme Court, and by extension the entire judiciary, Roberts has ironically done more than anyone else to delegitimize the courts.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
The administration’s effort to delegitimize the role of universities is not a new idea.
—Andy Rose, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
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Alondra Nelson, Time, 13 May 2025
Democrats and Republicans must continue working together to combat efforts to isolate, delegitimize, and demonize our key ally, Israel.
—Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
In exalting above all other concerns his personal conception of the institutional integrity of the Supreme Court, and by extension the entire judiciary, Roberts has ironically done more than anyone else to delegitimize the courts.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
The administration’s effort to delegitimize the role of universities is not a new idea.
—Andy Rose, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delegitimize
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China claims virtually the entire South China Sea, a key global trade and security route despite a 2016 international arbitration ruling initiated by the Philippines that invalidated those expansive claims based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 May 2025
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The decision would also invalidate a 10% tariff imposed on goods from nearly all countries.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
29 May 2025
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The decision to disburse these funds unfolded under circumstances rarely discussed in public due to a confidentiality arrangement that, as far as I’m concerned, has been nullified by the cancellations.—
Eric Kohn,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2025
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Judges might nullify the provision in new cases by setting bond at a token $1, but the administration surely would challenge that.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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“Delegitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegitimize. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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