LEGITIMATING Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

legitimating

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present participle of legitimate

as in legitimizing

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The mayor himself will arrive this morning ahead of his afternoon one-on-one with Leo, the first American — and Chicago-born — pope, whose advocacy on immigrant rights and historic apology on Monday for the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery will be top of the list for Johnson to discuss.

— Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
Strong suggests legitimizing and standardizing station tattoos, making a design readily available if deputies want to pay homage to their workplace, as other departments across the nation do.

— Sierra van der Brug, Daily News, 28 May 2026

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The White House has repeatedly threatened to oust Cuba’s communist regime, sanctioning key figures and state entities, and tightening a trade embargo that has led to a humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean nation.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
As Jefferson’s opponents criticized him for sanctioning intervention and neglecting to free the prisoners, his supporters lashed out at the opposing Federalist Party for allegedly orchestrating a rebellion in Spain’s colonies in the first place.

— Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, The Conversation, 13 July 2026

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They're increasingly locked into conversations with AI chatbots that seem endlessly knowledgeable, supportive and ever-validating.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 10 July 2026
The site is set to play a huge role in validating the reactor’s design by generating data on its physics and thermal hydraulics.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026

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However, because agentic systems can execute actions independently, an error can become a severe operational failure, such as authorizing fraudulent transactions or deleting mission-critical databases.

— Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Rather than authorizing private helipads citywide, the amendment would apply only to the industrial zoning district on Terminal Island, where Griffin’s marina is under construction.

— Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

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