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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
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Physicians are therefore expected to integrate rapidly evolving technologies into high-stakes decision-making without clear national standards governing responsibility, oversight or validation.—
Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2026
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For Wayne, the true validation of his career came not from a view count, but from the raw — and lucrative — reality of a live audience.—
Max Bacall , Nikos DeGruccio , Alexia Cousoulas,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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But Mississippi has remained one of the few holdout states, largely due to fears that legalization could harm the bottom line of the state's casinos and increase the prevalence of gambling addiction.—
MICHAEL GOLDBERG Mississippi Today,
Arkansas Online,
25 Mar. 2026
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Supporters of legalization say people will place online sports wagers regardless of whether the practice is legal, so the state should regulate and tax it.—
MICHAEL GOLDBERG,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The mathematics community’s response to Gauss’s formalization has been muted, however, partly because the project did not unfold as many experts had hoped.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sometimes, formalization can upset that balance.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Legitimization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimization. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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