as in authorized
to make something real, accepted, or official
slang words legitimized by usage
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Recent Examples of legitimized
Congressional hearings in 2022 and 2023 further legitimized the topic, with intelligence officials emphasizing national security concerns.
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
The world's most powerful political figure has legitimized their vision.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
And that fear is only legitimized further by laws that allow fear itself to be a credible excuse for murder.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
Now legitimized as one of country’s most distinguished hit-crafting writers – with notable covers by such other top talents as Ray Stevens, Bobby Bare, Roger Miller and Waylon Jennings to his credit – he was signed to Monument in a long-term pact.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 29 Sep. 2024
China has about ten million Catholics, half of whom worship in underground churches; in theory, the deal has made underground churches superfluous because Rome has now legitimized the churches run by the state.
—Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2019
Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
The world's most powerful political figure has legitimized their vision.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
And that fear is only legitimized further by laws that allow fear itself to be a credible excuse for murder.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
Now legitimized as one of country’s most distinguished hit-crafting writers – with notable covers by such other top talents as Ray Stevens, Bobby Bare, Roger Miller and Waylon Jennings to his credit – he was signed to Monument in a long-term pact.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 29 Sep. 2024
China has about ten million Catholics, half of whom worship in underground churches; in theory, the deal has made underground churches superfluous because Rome has now legitimized the churches run by the state.
—Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legitimized
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And, since Congress expects workers and employers to be (cough) creative when characterizing wages as tips to avoid paying taxes on otherwise taxable income, Treasury is authorized to issue additional guidance to prevent abuse.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The team raked in nearly $250 million in sponsorship revenue in 2024, behind only the Cowboys, according to another person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly.—
Michael Ozanian,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Other bills require schools to inform parents that their children are entitled to free public education regardless of immigration status and that the schools must notify them when immigration officers are on site.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
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Gleeson plays Ned Sampson, the eager new editor of a historic northern Ohio newspaper entitled The Toledo Truth Teller, with Impacciatore as the former head of the paper, Frei as Ned’s new confidante, Mare, as well as Gregg, Ikumelo, Edelman, and Young as reluctant volunteer reporters.—
Anne Easton,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The findings demonstrated that the scaffold not only supported cell survival but also enabled reconnection across a severe injury.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Notably, the kill switch can only be enabled while using Mimic.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 Sep. 2025
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Governance — building the blueprint for how AI decisions are monitored, validated, and assured across business processes.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The May test validated the balloon-drone concept and showed Marines how hydrogen could support over-the-horizon operations directly from ships.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
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Suarez, as of publication, has not yet been sanctioned by the league.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Fenway Sports Group sanctioned all of the three most expensive signings in the Premier League this summer, with Hugo Ekitike following Isak and Wirtz to Anfield for a relatively modest £79m ($106m) from Eintracht Frankfurt.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Businesses or people that sell or deal in firearms are required to be federally licensed by the ATF — they’re known as a federal firearms licensee — and they are mandated to retain records about gun purchases and transfers.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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In a major step toward commercialization, ORNL licensed five patented technologies, known as Safe Impact Resistant Electrolytes (SAFIRE), to the battery startup Safire Technology Group in 2022.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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In 2024, the JAAA offered about $2,300 to each track and field athlete who qualified for the Olympics.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Both teams entered the contest with high expectations, having qualified for the playoffs in the 2024 season.—
Erik Anderson,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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Crawling and scraping of our site is not permitted.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Daniels continued to appear at council meetings, but was not permitted to participate.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Legitimized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimized. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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