as in to enable
to make something real, accepted, or official
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Recent Examples of legitimize
Notably, numerous high-profile cable news has-beens have legitimized Owens' outrageous laundering of a left-wing political assassination into an anti-Semitic caper.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
By bringing together international investors and thought leaders, this event helps legitimize Canadian innovation on the world stage.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The university system became an important site for legitimizing claims through theories and studies.
—Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
In an effort to legitimize the prior two phases, a scammer may impersonate an employee of the Federal Reserve or another agency.
—Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 30 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for legitimize
Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
By bringing together international investors and thought leaders, this event helps legitimize Canadian innovation on the world stage.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The university system became an important site for legitimizing claims through theories and studies.
—Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
In an effort to legitimize the prior two phases, a scammer may impersonate an employee of the Federal Reserve or another agency.
—Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 30 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for legitimize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legitimize
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Promotion enabled Villa to access greater funds in the top flight, backed by owners Nassef Sawiris and Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Wes Edens, who took full control the year Villa won promotion.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The maps of those three little museums have been superimposed on each other, enabling visitors to enter the three ghost spaces simultaneously, crossing layer after layer of cultural history, with the various walls and plans collapsing into one another.—
Joanna Warsza,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Instead, the city is considering a public safety referendum, giving voters a chance to authorize the city to collect more tax dollars for a high-profile, high-demand portion of its budget.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Trump then authorized National Guard troops to be sent to Illinois amid protests outside an ICE facility in Chicago.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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The live experiments set the stage for validating computer models that predict how future fusion machines like ITER, the world’s biggest science collaboration in history, and the UK’s STEP prototype will behave under similar conditions.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Neiman’s collaborator is retiring its 2040 net-zero goal, which was established in June 2021 after its 30 percent reduction was validated by the SBTi the year before.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Obviously you will be entitled to a full refund.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Tenants rejected on the basis of their immigration status could be entitled to punitive damages, Vincent said.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
30 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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Requirements differ between states, with some requiring a one-week waiting period before someone qualifies for payments, the OPM said.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The boundaries change bus eligibility within the district’s neighborhoods, meaning some students that didn’t qualify for district public transportation may now, according to the district.—
Sofi Zeman
October 2,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2025
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Such dreams of prosperity are only permitted for so long.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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If required, an individual-sized soft-sided cooler will be permitted.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Legitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimize. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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