Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legitimated
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Mass media genres are developed and legitimized to voice particular concerns and provide pleasures that align with audiences’ interests.—
Tham Thi Nguyen,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026 -
Leo’s own family history and past apologies Kellerman welcomed Leo’s apology, but said more needs to be done to further acknowledge how the Catholic Church legitimized and expanded slavery.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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World football’s governing body sanctioned the federation in two separate hearings when its anti-discrimination monitoring system reported the use of the chant during three friendlies in the summer of 2024 against Bolivia, Uruguay and Brazil.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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One editor used Claude to generate a fake letter on hotel letterhead, name-dropping senior Fortune staff, instructing Vendo to treat the request as officially sanctioned.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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Claiborne’s calm validated all of the afternoon discussions in Kami’s office and all of the time her husband had put into trying to build a bond.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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The results feed back into the physical experiments at the tank, and the models are validated against the tank data before being used to study conditions and scales that the tank can’t physically reproduce.—
Deena Theresa,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026
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Congress has not authorized construction of a memorial arch on the federal land managed by the National Park Service, which Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, says is a first step required by statute before the government can move forward with construction.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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The issue with the fuel depot first became public last fall when county commissioners authorized the administration to pursue an eminent domain claim against the property, which could result in a court forcing developers to sell to the county at a price set by a judge.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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“Legitimated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimated. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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