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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
Noun
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Acknowledging that most civil law now permits legitimization after the fact, some jurisdictions still discriminate against a child born out of wedlock.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Live Aid was the final step in the legitimization of MTV.—
tom freston,
Vulture,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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LinkedIn users waste time seeking validation without a clear strategy.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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Even being nominated had been validation for her decision years ago to get into teaching; winning is just further proof.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Even before the legalization of hemp, CBD had been a passion of Gordon’s.—
William Deffaa,
Baltimore Sun,
14 May 2026
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Americans generally support legalization, according to public opinion polling; for the last decade, at least 60% have supported legalization.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Scalping tickets wasn’t new, of course, but Kahn believed that its formalization online provided sports teams, and other entertainment businesses, with valuable information about demand that could enable them to make more money without alienating their most loyal fans.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Hariharan and his colleagues had planned for part of the formalization to be the basis of a student’s undergraduate thesis.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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With Balanchine—whose brush with Bradley came after his precocious beginnings with the Ballets Russes but before his immigration to America and eventual founding of New York City Ballet—Footer pushes hard on not much more than the fact that the two choreographers shared dancers and proclivities.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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Denver finished 12-2 that season, reaching its first playoff game since the franchise’s founding.—
Matt Moret,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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“Legitimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimation. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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