LEGITIMATING Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

legitimating

verb

present participle of legitimate

as in legitimizing

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That means if Russia was to undergo a profound political transformation during the next five years, the Duma will play a major role in managing and legitimizing it.

— Sam Meredith,Anniek Bao, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
The company is abandoning the $799 price point, with the Pixel 11 expected to start at $899 for 256GB storage, legitimizing a wider industry shift to higher base storage and prices.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of legitimizing

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Tony Forte, president of USAngling, the sanctioning body, said the tournament will be a showcase to persuade the International Olympic Committee to include bass fishing at the Summer Olympics.

— Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Swiss voters on Sunday decisively rejected stricter neutrality rules that would have prevented the country from sanctioning Russia and curbed its cooperation with NATO, delivering a boost to the alliance’s efforts to counter Moscow.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 27 Sep. 2026

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Despite warnings of the potential for humans to lose their grip on the technology, some suspect the worst-case scenarios described by the AI companies themselves have more to do with validating the importance of their work than reality.

— Barbara Ortutay, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Our study linked above found that deadlines and delivery pressure are the top barriers to validating AI output.

— Nacho De Marco, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of validating

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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
Aparicio resists drawing conclusions, privileging an experiential approach with its own rhythms, ambitious in scope yet intimate in focus, that could well become an arthouse sleeper.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of privileging

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While there is no state law that prohibits feeding feral cats, there is also no law authorizing it.

— Michael L. Hyman, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, targets Russia’s energy sector by authorizing the president to impose up to 100% tariffs on countries purchasing Russian oil and natural gas.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026

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