as in to enable
to make something real, accepted, or official
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Recent Examples of legitimize
Paul has advocated legitimizing DOGE’s cuts by putting them through Congress.
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Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Mar. 2025
Consumer Advocate Pushback and Conflict of Interest Concerns Despite industry enthusiasm, consumer protection groups have raised alarms about the GENIUS Act’s potential to legitimize risky crypto schemes.
—Tonya M. Evans, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Ukraine and its allies do not want the U.S. to legitimize Russia's annexation.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Barrett and Lawrence noted violence becomes normalized when leaders or the public legitimize it.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 21 Mar. 2025
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Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Mar. 2025
Consumer Advocate Pushback and Conflict of Interest Concerns Despite industry enthusiasm, consumer protection groups have raised alarms about the GENIUS Act’s potential to legitimize risky crypto schemes.
—Tonya M. Evans, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Ukraine and its allies do not want the U.S. to legitimize Russia's annexation.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Barrett and Lawrence noted violence becomes normalized when leaders or the public legitimize it.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legitimize
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This solution integrates contact centers with operational systems, enabling both self-service and live agent support across channels like voice, chat, and SMS.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Many of the moms invited her to their homes to treat their trees, enabling her to experiment with best practices and correct her mistakes.—
Nicole Sours Larson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 May 2025
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This could explain why the Dodgers are taking their time with Ohtani, who isn’t expected to pitch until after the All-Star break, according to a person familiar with the team’s thinking but not authorized to speak publicly.—
Dylan Hernández,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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When last year’s controversy over the park plans erupted, Floridians had just six days to absorb the news before a series of near-simultaneous, one-hour hearings were scheduled around the state, during which presenters were not authorized to answer questions.—
Emily L Mahoney,
Sun Sentinel,
7 May 2025
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Reddit commenters played a surprisingly influential role, often validating the OPs' concerns and urging them to picture married life down the road.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 May 2025
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After validating that the entrants were at least 90 years old, they were evaluated on: 75 percent for creativity, originality, humor, or inspiration, and 25 percent for overall quality and how well the entry represented the Fireball spirit.—
Jeanette Hurt,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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People are entitled to formal charges, legal representation, the presentation of evidence, a jury trial, and other guarantees.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
10 May 2025
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In particular, that will mean up to 13,000 metric tons of American beef (apparently the equivalent of 52 million steaks) going tariff-free to the U.K. British famers will be entitled to send the same amount in our direction, which may be more of a challenge.—
The Editors,
National Review,
10 May 2025
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In response, elites double down, weaponizing the claim of misinformation to legitimate the stifling of debate.—
Jacob Hale Russell,
TIME,
4 Mar. 2025
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The best security feels effortless to legitimate users while remaining impenetrable to attackers.—
Jitender Jain,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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During the semi-finals, only voters from countries that qualified and from non-participating countries can vote, and only the audience televote points determine the qualifying countries.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
16 May 2025
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In 2014, the Utah state legislature passed a bill that allowed for both a party convention candidate nomination process and a signature-gathering path to qualify for primary elections.—
Annabella Rosciglione,
The Washington Examiner,
16 May 2025
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If time permits, disconnect utilities and appliances.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2025
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Local governments also didn’t do Hollywoodland any favors in terms of their permitting processes, which often created giant backlogs.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2025
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“Legitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimize. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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