Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legitimating
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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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Big 12 administrators also met to consider sanctioning Texas Tech or Sorsby.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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The Oklahoma attorney general’s letter rejected the idea that the Big 12 sanctioning Texas Tech would represent antitrust violations.—
Justin Williams,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
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The lawyer of the future may increasingly resemble an architect, physician, or strategic advisor whose value lies not in generating work product but in validating, interpreting, and applying expertise.—
Joseph Andrew,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Rather than pursuing maximum standoff distances, the effort focused on validating target discrimination, environmental stability, and detection precision from mobile maritime platform, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
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But there is no way to prize the first without privileging the second, too.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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Rather than privileging official statements on events, tabloids tend to privilege comments from ordinary people.—
Shepherd Mpofu,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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The buyer—identified in the document as Sunrise North LLC—gets an irrevocable power of attorney authorizing it to pursue claims in the athlete’s name, settle claims, amend claim forms and take other actions related to recovery.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
17 June 2026
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The case for purchasing the property was already losing momentum before Fisher raised Kimco’s position at the County Commission meeting held Tuesday solely to consider authorizing a $100 million bid.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
16 June 2026
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“Legitimating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimating. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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