delegitimize

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Recent Examples of delegitimize In December 2024, the MTA posted resources that delegitimized Israel. Joanna Honig, Boston Herald, 8 Aug. 2025 The Maduro government has long accused international entities like the OAS commission and United Nations of participating in a conspiracy to delegitimize its authority. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025 These operations aim to delegitimize Taiwan’s claims to its surrounding air and seas and complicate Taiwan’s ability to monitor and track activities around the island. Bonny Lin, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2025 The new charges accuse Bolsonaro of taking part in a conspiracy to delegitimize the elections. Anthony Pereira, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for delegitimize
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Verb
  • Democratic voting rights group estimate that gutting the Voting Rights Act’s protections against vote dilution could help Republicans win an additional 27 House seats − including 19 that would directly result from invalidating the law’s protections.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Trump issued a version of it at the end of his first term but it was invalidated by the Biden administration almost immediately.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Lancers opened the game with an apparent 57-yard touchdown pass from Mikeal Kahn to Kruz Sandle on the first play of the game, but the play was nullified by a penalty.
    Steve Dulas, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
  • But Utah's Republican supermajority Legislature, instead, took back redistricting power, largely nullifying the ballot initiative.
    Saige Miller, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Delegitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegitimize. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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