LEGITIMATING Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

legitimating

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present participle of legitimate

as in legitimizing

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Moreover, its lead in many technologies meant that the United States had much more to lose than to gain by legitimizing commercial spying.

— DAVID S. COHEN, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
Seeking new crypto money, Christie’s and Sotheby’s cut all other legitimizing actors out of the loop with NFTs, elevating what might previously have been categorized as illustration, graphic art, or a social media meme to the status of fine art.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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The lobbying continued after the law was enacted, prosecutors said, with the US sanctioning more than a dozen Hong Kong and Chinese officials after 2020.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
John Probst, president of NASCAR Event Management, said the sanctioning body continues to search for additional manufacturers and noted that an appealing entry point could coincide with a new engine platform planned between 2030 and 2032.

— CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

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Generative AI tools tend to be complacent, validating user premises without questioning the underlying logic.

— Marco Stefanini, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
While only 27 votes separated her from incumbent mayor Glenda McDonald, Harris says the win is pretty validating for someone who never had plans to run for office.

— Jack Springgate, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of validating

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But the death of Khamenei eliminated the regime’s paramount figure, disturbing the existing balance, and the war is systematically privileging the parts of the state responsible for survival over everything else.

— Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2026
This was right in the peak of Elon Musk’s reconstruction of Twitter, privileging rage bait and engagement tactics that helped misinformation disseminate like fact.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of privileging

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McCarty said health insurers are asking their employer clients to choose between paying the unpaid arbitration amounts or authorizing the insurer to continue refusing payment.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 11 Nov. 2026
The @FAANews has issued Sierra Space a license authorizing Dream Chaser to reenter and land at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026

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