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Recent Examples of delegitimize
That could mean tightening sanctions on remaining power brokers, expanding strikes against security installations and militias, covertly supporting insurgent factions, and using Maduro’s prospective trial as a global stage on which to delegitimize Chavismo once and for all.
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Robert Muggah, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
Trump’s sinister achievement is to delegitimize the old intellectual and political establishment while at the same time cementing the racial hierarchies and regimes of repression that this elite exploited during the war on terror.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Trump and his cronies have pulled out all the stops — short of arrests — to neuter and delegitimize legitimate journalism.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
This was no isolated outburst, but part of a broader effort to delegitimize conservative participation in academic life.
—Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
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Robert Muggah, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
Trump’s sinister achievement is to delegitimize the old intellectual and political establishment while at the same time cementing the racial hierarchies and regimes of repression that this elite exploited during the war on terror.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Trump and his cronies have pulled out all the stops — short of arrests — to neuter and delegitimize legitimate journalism.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
This was no isolated outburst, but part of a broader effort to delegitimize conservative participation in academic life.
—Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delegitimize
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Approximately 1,700 driver’s licenses and an unspecified number of birth certificates are estimated to be invalidated by the law, which went into effect February 26.—
David Williams,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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In 1875 Congress passed a civil rights act outlawing racial discrimination, but in 1883 the US Supreme Court invalidated the law.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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Although opponents are nullifying Villa’s strengths, the outward impression has been Emery’s persistence with playing attackers back into form rather than changing them has done more harm than good.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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In the final, Nidelea-Polanin mounted a tactically sharp and defensive-oriented approach that nullified the usual aggressiveness of Gochis.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Delegitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegitimize. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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