legitimates

present tense third-person singular of legitimate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for legitimates
Verb
  • This pledge erases dissenting Israeli voices, legitimizes falsehoods, and shields Hamas from blame.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Their system uses quantum-resistant cryptography or Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), incorporating that into existing EVM blockchains, to protect data, while a decentralized consensus mechanism validates the security of every device in the network.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The system is currently available in private beta as OpenAI validates its capabilities with early partners.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At the same time, the Brotherhood discourages any worldly attachment that privileges one person over another person, or over God.
    Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
  • But behind the world’s fastest-growing businesses is a quieter form of leadership—one that privileges operations over oration, systems over showmanship, and execution over ego.
    Brent Gleeson, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The justices probed whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) authorizes the president to impose tariffs on nearly all imports or whether such measures intrude on Congress’s exclusive taxing authority.
    James Sample, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Jeri said the measure, starting just after midnight and approved by the Council of Ministers, authorizes the deployment of the armed forces alongside the police to maintain public order.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • God never sanctions cruelty; love that harms is not love at all.
    Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Legitimates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimates. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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