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Noun
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When clemency is wielded only to benefit the famous or well-connected, the public loses trust in its legitimacy and the people most deserving of a second chance get left behind.—
Khalil Cumberbatch,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025 -
The trial determined the legitimacy of the company’s Chapter 11 filing.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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For the most part, though, his attention to detail and his feeling for structure yielded readings of inherent, inarguable rightness.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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By war’s end he was not only convinced of the moral rightness of Black suffrage and civil rights, but of their essential necessity and urgency.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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Critics challenge legality of US’ LatAm strikes The US struck four more vessels alleged to be carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific, part of a military campaign that analysts say is drastically expanding American presidential power.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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However, the organization stands by its ethics and defends the legality of its methods.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The administration now plans to seek a full review next term on the lawfulness of the executive order itself.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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The High Court of Justice in London dismissed claims from the Wikimedia Foundation, which challenged the lawfulness of the categorization system used to determine which sites must comply with obligations.—
Jon Brodkin,
ArsTechnica,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Rightfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rightfulness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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