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Noun
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The most damning similarity between Chalabi and Pahlavi is the legitimacy deficit.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026 -
They were calculated efforts to deny the regime legitimacy, money, and time.—
Duncan S. DeMarsh,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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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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The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the legality of tariffs implemented under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement Lawyers for Maduro, however, are expected to dispute the legality of his arrest—arguing immunity from prosecution as the head of a foreign state.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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Legal experts raised questions about the lawfulness of the operation, which was done without congressional approval.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Jan. 2026
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But the judges also raised serious doubts about the lawfulness of deployments of other cities.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
17 Dec. 2025
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“Rightfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rightfulness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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