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Recent Examples of legitimization
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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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
Live Aid was the final step in the legitimization of MTV.
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Tom Freston,
Vulture,
28 Oct. 2025
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
Live Aid was the final step in the legitimization of MTV.
—
Tom Freston,
Vulture,
28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legitimization
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In August 2025, attorneys filed an emergency petition for legitimation and custody in DeKalb County Superior Court.
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As such, placing Israel first actually can be understood as a legitimation of Israel’s violence.
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The interventions that might genuinely extend healthy lifespan meaningfully are a decade or more from clinical validation, let alone commercialization.
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Readers were presented with a lengthy retelling of a sole critic who argues that blue zones are built on flawed demographic assumptions, questionable age validation, and statistical anomalies.
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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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“Legitimization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimization. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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