LEGITIMATING Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

legitimating

verb

present participle of legitimate

as in legitimizing

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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
There is no formal consensus, however, and no faction willing to move first on anything that could be portrayed as surrendering leverage, legitimizing the bombing campaign, or handing Trump a clear victory.

— Sanam Vakil, Time, 16 July 2026

Definition of legitimizing

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Villa similarly moved quickly to secure Zion Suzuki, sanctioning Emiliano Martinez’s departure.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Options like seizing Iranian assets and sanctioning Iran’s trading partners, exchange houses, and Chinese banks all have potential downsides.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of sanctioning

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This extension is a significant relief for the sport, ensuring a top talent remains and validating driver feedback on future rules.

— Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
That helps explain the vast selection of RCPO watches at the roadshow event featuring blinding amounts of gemstones, esoteric stone dials and paperwork validating that they were restored exclusively in Geneva at the brand’s Restoration Atelier.

— Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of validating

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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
But there is no way to prize the first without privileging the second, too.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026

Definition of privileging

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Some commentators have incorrectly characterized the memo as authorizing cyber letters of marque or privateers.

— Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Last month, federal officials denied Arkansas' request to extend its waiver authorizing the Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me program, or ARHOME, through 2031.

— Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of authorizing

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