legitimation

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Recent Examples of legitimation As such, placing Israel first actually can be understood as a legitimation of Israel’s violence. Esther Brito Ruiz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • Refiberd x GenuTrace Forensic supply chain verification firm GenuTrace has inked a strategic collaboration with textile recycling startup Refiberd to deliver a dual-layer validation system.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In the second validation study, a team led by microbiologists José Penadés and Tiago Costa at Imperial College London challenged the AI co-scientist with a thorny question about bacterial evolution.
    Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Supporters of legalization raised around $23 million for the cause while opponents spent less than $2 million on their anti-cannabis crusade.
    Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Recreational cannabis legalization had undercut the company’s niche, and Sanders, barred from holding dispensary licenses due to a prior felony drug conviction, turned to 7-OH to fill the gap, the lawsuit says.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Listed in Lagos and London, Seplat has accumulated interests in eight oil blocks in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta region since its founding in 2009.
    Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In the decades since its founding, the 'Ndrangheta has expanded its empire beyond Italy and has international offshoots in Canada, Australia and the United States, among several other countries, per the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Legitimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimation. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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