legitimations

noun

plural of legitimation
as in legitimizations

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  1. validations
  2. institutions
Noun
  • This requires moving away from the traditional way of performing the manual heavy lifting of pulling data, stitching spreadsheets and running validations line-by-line to a reviewer position.
    — Gargi Ray, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, 1,740,000 of those entries that passed the file validations stage (about 15 percent) have been liquidated and are in the process of being refunded.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of validations
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  • Tortorici said his film explores how institutions, such as school, family and the state, fail kids.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Philanthropy has always been judged less by intention than by outcome — and today, as public trust in institutions frays, that scrutiny has never been sharper.
    — James Chen, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of institutions
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