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Recent Examples of delegitimize
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.
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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
The language of these executive orders tries to delegitimize transgender identity and dehumanize transgender people.
—Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2025
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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
The language of these executive orders tries to delegitimize transgender identity and dehumanize transgender people.
—Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delegitimize
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With regard to the current Section 301 probe and the potential of levying stickier double-digit duties than those invalidated by the Supreme Court earlier this year, the USTR is due to make a decision by mid-July’s deadline.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
2 June 2026
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There were rumblings Saturday night of a push to invalidate the results altogether, though the state party ultimately upheld the endorsement while giving candidates a pass to move forward despite pledges.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
2 June 2026
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However, as the game continued, Greenwood recognised that the visitors, particularly through goalkeeper Jennifer Falk and defender Jenna Clark, were effectively nullifying her delivery threat.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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Mamdani’s announcement of COGE, which made no mention of Elon Musk’s DOGE, came just days after the mayor nullified former Mayor Eric Adams’s Charter Revision Commission, which Adams stacked full of his own allies just before leaving office.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
28 May 2026
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“Delegitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegitimize. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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