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Recent Examples of legitimation
In August 2025, attorneys filed an emergency petition for legitimation and custody in DeKalb County Superior Court.
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Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
As such, placing Israel first actually can be understood as a legitimation of Israel’s violence.
—Esther Brito Ruiz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
As such, placing Israel first actually can be understood as a legitimation of Israel’s violence.
—Esther Brito Ruiz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legitimation
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Live Aid was the final step in the legitimization of MTV.—
tom freston,
Vulture,
28 Oct. 2025
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Hardware proven beyond Earth That validation already extends into space.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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Pearl explores the relationship between cultural prizes and ideas of nationhood, as well as imposter syndrome and external validation, like MFAs, literary awards, and being seen writing in coffeeshops by and with other writers.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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No one had doubted that legalization is exactly where the country’s stance on marijuana usage has been headed for years now.—
Mike Gimbel,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Jan. 2026
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Beale argued that Chicago should pursue change to the statewide revenue sharing formula only after legalization.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, the formalization and reinforcement of his legal team may signal a more aggressive or structured defense approach going forward.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Argillander said the reconfiguring of the management team laid the ground for the company to remain true to its founding ambitions at the same time as upping its activity.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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Fastvold, though, was passionately inspired by Lee’s biography, and imagined a film that would dramatize not only her story, but the kinds of convictions that contributed to the founding of this country.—
Claire Messud,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Legitimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimation. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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