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Social integrity asks what AI legitimizes as knowledge and truth.—
Hamilton Mann,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026 -
Those who earn more than $600 per year get a 1099 tax form, which in the eyes of many creators legitimizes their work, said Bridget Crawford, a law professor at Pace University who has published studies on the economics behind OnlyFans.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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An operator executes action, validates its outputs and handles the downstream consequences across the operational architecture.—
Raju Malhotra,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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For the companies, the Pentagon provides reliable revenue and validates the technology’s high-stakes utility.—
Julia Boorstin,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Rodin’s watercolored drawings—more than 150 of them—translate Khmer dance into line and velocity by catching the dancers’ limbs midair, aligning them with a modern sculptural tradition that privileges movement as form.—
Li Qi,
Artforum,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Amish belief system privileges the notion that when individuals highly esteem certain innovations, religious purity may erode.—
Cory Anderson,
STAT,
6 Mar. 2026
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Introduced by Assemblyman Isaac Bryan, D-Culver City, the bill authorizes exemptions from state sales tax limits in Contra Costa and Los Angeles Counties—just as voters in both counties are contemplating increases to their local sales taxes.—
Sal Rodriguez,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
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The Consumer Legal Remedies Act (Civil Code § 1770) independently bars misrepresentation of the standard, quality, or characteristics of goods and services, and authorizes both injunctive relief and actual damages.—
Corey Martin,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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For starters the World Cup is run by the same organization, FIFA, which sanctions virtually every level of soccer globally, from the men’s and women’s World Cups, to confederation competitions including the UEFA Championships and the Copa América, to most major age-group tournaments.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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An autocratic government that sanctions violence.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Legitimates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimates. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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