Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legitimating
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Extending military honors to Babbitt goes a step further, critics argue, by legitimizing the actions of the rioters and blurring the line between service to the country and an assault on democratic institutions.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025 -
His goal was never a quick ceasefire but rather the gradual normalization of Russian territorial conquest through the legitimizing embrace of American diplomacy.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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The entities sued the motorsport sanctioning body after declining to sign the charter agreement that NASCAR made available to teams to sign in September.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Sep. 2025
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In reality, the first scenario does not exist and the guarantees that would underpin the second are impossible to give, meaning sanctioning a sale at this stage in the window, at any price, would represent a sporting gamble that could be risky at best, reckless at worst.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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Never switch platforms without first validating them through a POC that includes hypothesis testing.—
Samuel Darwin,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The group also tested their method against an existing dataset from Brazilian researchers who used Raspberry Pi devices, further validating its accuracy.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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In May, the West Memphis City Council unanimously approved two ordinances authorizing a $10 billion payment-in-lieu of taxes agreement between the city and an unnamed company.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Sep. 2025
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The judge wound up authorizing his release from custody, so Epstein was alone in his cell from then until his death.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Legitimating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimating. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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