as in to enable
to make something real, accepted, or official
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Recent Examples of legitimize
The ’Canes can instantly legitimize themselves by knocking off Notre Dame in its first game since playing for the national championship.
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Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
His goal was never a quick ceasefire but rather the gradual normalization of Russian territorial conquest through the legitimizing embrace of American diplomacy.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
This article is not useful to most of us, because 90% of towns and cities in this country are locked into a single ISP, effectively local monopolies legitimized by the feckless FCC, Congress, and state legislatures.
—Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Aug. 2025
Indeed, a huge part of the magazine’s legacy has been legitimizing Black design talent.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 4 Aug. 2025
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Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
His goal was never a quick ceasefire but rather the gradual normalization of Russian territorial conquest through the legitimizing embrace of American diplomacy.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
This article is not useful to most of us, because 90% of towns and cities in this country are locked into a single ISP, effectively local monopolies legitimized by the feckless FCC, Congress, and state legislatures.
—Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Aug. 2025
Indeed, a huge part of the magazine’s legacy has been legitimizing Black design talent.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legitimize
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This approach has enabled Apex to scale quickly while maintaining the stability and resources associated with a corporate partnership.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Families in more than a dozen states now enjoy universal-eligibility school choice, enabling them to access a portion of education funding to use toward their preferred educational setting.—
Kerry McDonald,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Children younger than three are authorized to receive the vaccine from their healthcare provider.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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The agency last month authorized the new COVID-19 shots only for those over the age of 65 and people with underlying health conditions, a move that marked a major change from past policies and reportedly went against the recommendations of FDA scientists.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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Almost 29 million claims were filed and about 18 million were validated as of September 2023, according to Meta’s response in a 2024 legal document.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Earlier this year, the Indian production giant partnered with Fashion for Good to launch Future Forward Factories India, an initiative that entails establishing an open-source blueprint of best-in-class technologies and a demonstration plant to validate environmental claims.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
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The country’s pension plan entitles them to reap a maximum of 50% of their annual average earnings, according to the Centre of European and International Liaisons for Social Security (Cleiss).—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Customers who received the recall letter will be entitled to receive a refund without returning the wine bottles to the store.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Digital assets encompass everything from speculative meme coins to legitimate community development tools.—
Tonya M. Evans,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Clive may or may not have considered his roommate Eugene something more than a roommate, but what’s certain is that any love that took root in their apartment would have had to be legitimated by the law in order to be protected by and from it.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
26 July 2025
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Fortunately, there are a few programs that offer assistance to students who qualify, like those who participate in assistance programs like the National School Lunch Program, housing assistance, Medicaid, SNAP, and others.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
11 Sep. 2025
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Olympians Chase Budinger, Taylor Crabb and Carli Lloyd will compete, and there are two teams made up of amateurs who went through qualifying rounds to participate.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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Halloween-style may not to be worn upon entry and in concourses but will be permitted when guests are in seats.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Notably, military officials overseeing the Washington deployment declared early on that while Title 32 permits troops to make arrests, they are not authorized to do so in this case.—
Alex Horton,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Legitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimize. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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