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Noun
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Custom, in this sense, is established if a practice at sea is seen as consistent and is backed by wide agreement over its legality.—
Elizabeth Mendenhall,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026 -
Laws governing political parties' spending in coordination with federal candidates could be changing in the next few months, since the Supreme Court is expected to rule by June on the legality of the caps.—
Gabe Kaminsky,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Consumer safety experts also flagged packaging issues, including spelling errors, as additional red flags about product legitimacy.—
Meghan Schiller,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Because pain is so subjective—and because of the difficulty in substantiating conditions such as whiplash and soft-tissue damage—surgery had the benefit not just of running up the clinical expense of an accident but also of seeming to ratify its legitimacy.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The petitions are not contesting removal orders, only the lawfulness of detaining the noncitizen plaintiffs during those proceedings.—
Tasha Carvell,
Twin Cities,
3 Feb. 2026
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The lawfulness of an order would be determined by a military judge.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Permissibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permissibility. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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