Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legitimated
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If there was any question, the ownership of the top spot was legitimized by the company's recent rights deal with Paramount Plus.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025 -
This article is not useful to most of us, because 90% of towns and cities in this country are locked into a single ISP, effectively local monopolies legitimized by the feckless FCC, Congress, and state legislatures.—
Michael Lydick,
PC Magazine,
9 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The company has been sanctioned by the United States.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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Washington has sanctioned Chinese firms over dual-use goods and warned banks handling ruble transactions.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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To be sure, many approaches have been tried in the past, but all sorts of predictions that arose from them have yet to be validated or borne out by experiment.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
5 Sep. 2025
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In the lab, researchers first validated the implant in a fluid medium that mimicked intraocular conditions.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Under the measure, which the legislature is considering this week, doctors, pharmacists and others authorized to prescribe the drugs to end a pregnancy could leave their name off the prescription label.—
Patrick Adams,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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In June, grocery workers in at least five states authorized strikes in an escalating series of labor actions against Albertsons and Kroger, which included some Safeway stores.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Legitimated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimated. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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