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Recent Examples of legitimation
In August 2025, attorneys filed an emergency petition for legitimation and custody in DeKalb County Superior Court.
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Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
As such, placing Israel first actually can be understood as a legitimation of Israel’s violence.
—Esther Brito Ruiz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
As such, placing Israel first actually can be understood as a legitimation of Israel’s violence.
—Esther Brito Ruiz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legitimation
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Live Aid was the final step in the legitimization of MTV.—
tom freston,
Vulture,
28 Oct. 2025
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This was not like the Philadelphia Eagles’ ebullient release of relief and validation one year ago in New Orleans.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
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The plan to significantly expand on-site validations comes as federal officials threaten to cut off Medicaid funding amid accusations of significant, widespread fraud in programs administered by the agency.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2026
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The sheriff’s office certainly knew that an enormous marijuana black market — orders of magnitude larger than its aboveboard counterpart — still thrived in California, despite legalization or maybe because of it.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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After several years of comprehensive legalization bills advancing through committees but failing to reach final passage, lawmakers are now pursuing two parallel paths.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, the formalization and reinforcement of his legal team may signal a more aggressive or structured defense approach going forward.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Sprawling across South Texas, King Ranch encompasses 911,000 acres—larger than Rhode Island—and has remained remarkably intact since its founding in 1853 thanks to a corporate ownership structure designed to prevent parcel-by-parcel sell-offs.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 Feb. 2026
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Italian industrialist Renzo Rosso’s Only the Brave Srl swept in and bought a majority stake in the house in 2002 and the founding designer made his final exit in 2009, leaving an anonymous team to carry on his work.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Legitimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimation. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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