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Recent Examples of legitimization
Acknowledging that most civil law now permits legitimization after the fact, some jurisdictions still discriminate against a child born out of wedlock.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
Live Aid was the final step in the legitimization of MTV.
—Tom Freston, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025
Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
Live Aid was the final step in the legitimization of MTV.
—Tom Freston, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legitimization
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In August 2025, attorneys filed an emergency petition for legitimation and custody in DeKalb County Superior Court.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
18 Dec. 2025
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As such, placing Israel first actually can be understood as a legitimation of Israel’s violence.—
Esther Brito Ruiz,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Refund claims have to undergo multiple validations, program documents show.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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As such, the research offers validation of the standard model of cosmology, also known as the Lambda Cold Dark Matter (LCDM) model.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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Sanchez tapped into rhetoric common in left-wing circles in the United States, saying the mass legalization was needed to preserve Spanish diversity.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Apr. 2026
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In the resolution, legislators warn that legalization of marijuana and medical cannabis has created problems for other states and would increase the budget and costs for the Idaho Department of Health Welfare at a time when state revenues are uncertain.—
Clark Corbin,
Idaho Statesman,
14 Apr. 2026
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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
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“Legitimization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimization. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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