Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legitimating
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The university system became an important site for legitimizing claims through theories and studies.—
Sara Giordano,
The Conversation,
4 Sep. 2025 -
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
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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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The system transmitted data at up to 1 gigabit per second, validating a key element of the Pentagon’s proliferated space network.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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For example, one agent might specialize in understanding user intent, another in planning a series of actions, another in executing those actions via tools or APIs and yet another in validating the results.—
Gopikrishnan Anilkumar,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The final draft Rule nonetheless included a section authorizing pretrial depositions by the government, which the Supreme Court rejected in its entirety without comment.—
Robert Anello,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The House is set to vote on an amendment that would repeal two laws authorizing the use of military force (AUMF) in Iraq after three members of the House Freedom Caucus broke with Republican leaders in the House Rules Committee on Tuesday.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Legitimating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimating. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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