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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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Acknowledging that most civil law now permits legitimization after the fact, some jurisdictions still discriminate against a child born out of wedlock.
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Live Aid was the final step in the legitimization of MTV.
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However, the results reported by xDots still come primarily from pilot projects, so broader independent validation will be needed to determine whether similar savings can be achieved consistently across different industries.
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Your restlessness could tempt you to overindulge, overspend or seek validation, so check in with yourself first and foremost.
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Getty Images Generations of activists have protested against cannabis prohibition, taking to the streets in cities around the world to lobby for legalization.
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The National Rifle Association and cannabis legalization groups, which are often seen as ideological opposites, cheered the ruling together.
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Another is a lack of managerial formalization compared with other countries.
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Traditionally, mathematicians have had to translate their theorems and proofs into this machine-readable format by hand, a laborious process known as formalization.
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The leading causes of death have changed dramatically since America's founding 250 years ago, highlighting how far medicine has come.
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For Native American tribes in the United States, navigating the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding is complex.
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“Legitimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimation. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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