legalizes

present tense third-person singular of legalize

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Recent Examples of legalizes Both medical and recreational use are legal in Colorado, and New Mexico passed a law this year that legalizes certain medical uses. Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legalizes
Verb
  • If time permits, disconnect utilities and appliances.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Tier 1 permits cost $40 per quarter or $144 annually, while Tier 2 permits cost $60 per quarter or $216 annually.
    Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This approach drastically reduces energy consumption and allows the screen to be placed very close to the eye.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The committee voted to ask Attorney General Josh Kaul to opine on whether grooming falls under the statute related to immoral conduct, which allows DPI to revoke a license if an educator violates it.
    Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Even if the city approves of the plan, its economic feasibility will still have to be considered to pass the LAFCO review process, Henríquez said.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • His administration has yet to submit plans for the ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission, the agency that approves and monitors construction on federal buildings.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • God never sanctions cruelty; love that harms is not love at all.
    Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Not every such deprivation becomes a literal matter of life and death as in the play, but making use of such scenarios enables Shakespeare to highlight more effectively the danger of arbitrary action.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Re-Calvin is powered by Trove’s new Takeback Plug-In, which enables Calvin Klein to manage item intake, routing and transparency at scale.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Imax licenses its technology to theater chains, in addition to sharing in box office revenues from its screens.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Of a similar ilk is the Criterion Collection, the company licenses and releases classic and contemporary arthouse films.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Users who have gone on the same tours can also now directly message one another — privacy safeguards are implemented where the conversation can only continue if the recipient accepts a message request, Airbnb said.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The clinic accepts anyone, but about 70 percent of its patients are on Medicaid.
    Helen Ouyang, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Legalizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legalizes. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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