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Recent Examples of legalization
Supporters of legalization raised around $23 million for the cause while opponents spent less than $2 million on their anti-cannabis crusade.
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 22 Sep. 2025
Recreational cannabis legalization had undercut the company’s niche, and Sanders, barred from holding dispensary licenses due to a prior felony drug conviction, turned to 7-OH to fill the gap, the lawsuit says.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2025
Federal legalization is the critical next step to normalizing access and ensuring the long-term success of the industry.
—Iris Dorbian, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Given the increasing legalization of marijuana, it is often seen as an alternative to alcohol or tobacco, but the research suggests that its long-term risks could be more serious than many realize.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The former interior minister who spearheaded Thailand’s legalization of cannabis, and his government took office on Sunday after obtaining a royal endorsement from King Vajiralongkorn.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
By the time the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting in 2018, the wave of legalization was DraftKings' to ride.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Deeming the act unconstitutional and infringing on states’ rights, the ruling spurred a surge of online sports gambling legalization across America.
—Ethan Hylton, IndyStar, 20 Aug. 2025
Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 22 Sep. 2025
Recreational cannabis legalization had undercut the company’s niche, and Sanders, barred from holding dispensary licenses due to a prior felony drug conviction, turned to 7-OH to fill the gap, the lawsuit says.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2025
Federal legalization is the critical next step to normalizing access and ensuring the long-term success of the industry.
—Iris Dorbian, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Given the increasing legalization of marijuana, it is often seen as an alternative to alcohol or tobacco, but the research suggests that its long-term risks could be more serious than many realize.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The former interior minister who spearheaded Thailand’s legalization of cannabis, and his government took office on Sunday after obtaining a royal endorsement from King Vajiralongkorn.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
By the time the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting in 2018, the wave of legalization was DraftKings' to ride.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Deeming the act unconstitutional and infringing on states’ rights, the ruling spurred a surge of online sports gambling legalization across America.
—Ethan Hylton, IndyStar, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legalization
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For Miami, this is about validation.—
D’Joumbarey A. Moreau,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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Additive manufacturing, coupled with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling and laboratory validation, has allowed Conflux to produce a lightweight, high-performance design specialized for aerospace integration.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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As such, placing Israel first actually can be understood as a legitimation of Israel’s violence.—
Esther Brito Ruiz,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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Lawmakers in Florida have attempted to pass similar legislation.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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The legislation, first passed in 1984, created a mechanism for distributing fines and fees collected in federal criminal cases.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, the formalization and reinforcement of his legal team may signal a more aggressive or structured defense approach going forward.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Results of the ratification vote were not immediately available.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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There have been 27 amendments to the Constitution since its ratification in 1789, including the first 10 known as the Bill of Rights.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
19 Sep. 2025
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In Geneva, for example, a nuclear invention from CERN researchers in the early 2000s led to the founding of a novel cancer treatment, and ultimately, to its $4 billion acquisition by Novartis.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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This small city halfway between Dallas and Austin can also claim the founding of a much more niche soft drink that doesn't have the same national recognition, but that’s become a cult favorite in Texas.—
Taylor Tobin,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually, with 97% of establishments passing, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.—
Sarah Linn,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Some of the Administration’s actions, most notably the detention of the Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil, did garner a response from Democrats, but the noise came largely from the Party’s left—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley—rather than from its establishment.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Legalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legalization. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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