as in to enable
to make something real, accepted, or official
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Recent Examples of legitimize
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
Worse, social media legitimizes these unattainable criteria by validating minor turn-offs as dealbreakers.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
In that sense, Trump's willingness to talk with Putin legitimizes him to a certain extent, or at least is an attempt to change the narrative.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
The same day as his remarks at the conference, Mr. Vance met with the leader of Germany’s extreme right movement, which is contesting national elections this month, boosting a party Russia has sought to legitimize.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
Worse, social media legitimizes these unattainable criteria by validating minor turn-offs as dealbreakers.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
In that sense, Trump's willingness to talk with Putin legitimizes him to a certain extent, or at least is an attempt to change the narrative.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
The same day as his remarks at the conference, Mr. Vance met with the leader of Germany’s extreme right movement, which is contesting national elections this month, boosting a party Russia has sought to legitimize.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legitimize
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Digital platforms, including mobile apps, chatbots and social media, can enable companies to engage with customers in real time and provide instant responses to queries and concerns.—
Naeem Ghauri,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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The app can be connected to the smart telescope over NFC or through the app itself – Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS/location options need to be enabled on the handset.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Feb. 2025
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Instead, Congress now routinely authorizes spending extensions for the fiscal year, using the previous year’s specific amounts if new spending isn’t agreed to.—
Richard McGahey,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Condominiums could ‘invest’ reserves Bradley’s bill also would authorize creation of investment boards consisting of at least two governing condo board members and two unit owners.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
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But this demo only validated part of the technology required for space debris removal.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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Instead of following a purely linear project plan, effective project leaders focus on steps to successfully validate the problem – and the solution identified to solve it – while never giving up the drive to meet project milestones and achieve financial objectives.—
John M. Bremen,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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In it, officials argue that detainees with final deportation orders – like the Venezuelans in Guantanamo – are not entitled to the same due process protections as those seeking protections like asylum during deportation hearings.—
Claire Healy,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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Attorneys for the city had argued that Pina was entitled to qualified immunity, a legal protection that shields government officials from litigation over work actions absent a constitutional violation.—
Robert Salonga,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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More to Read Two UC Irvine professors and four students among those charged in spring protest on campus Sept. 18, 2024 Opinion: Can legitimate campus protest be distinguished from antisemitism?—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Sep. 2024
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Without strong formal institutions to legitimate his rule, Putin relies on great personal popularity to deter challenges from elites and keep protesters off the street.—
Timothy Frye,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2021
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Florida, which has won eight of its past nine games, qualified for the NCAA Tournament last year as a No. 7 seed after missing the tournament the previous two years.—
The Athletic College Basketball Staff,
The Athletic,
6 Mar. 2025
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Workers who qualify for more sophisticated jobs in the industry should not find much of a problem, the forecast suggested.—
David Lightman,
Sacramento Bee,
5 Mar. 2025
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And Michigan remembers the harmful EV mandates that have forced compliance rather than actually allowing a regulatory environment that permits innovation.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2025
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However, national parks would close, security reviews to help defend against hacking would stop, civil litigation in courts would stop, and environmental and permitting reviews would stop.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Legitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimize. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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