legalize
verb (used with object)
to make legal; authorize.
has legalized
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present perfectof legalize (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A first step would be to legalize house churches alongside state-run churches in the same way China has legalized private industry alongside state-owned enterprises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Iran has legalized crypto mining in part to generate reserves it can use for imports, a way to soften the bite of banking sanctions.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025
Greece has legalized “cohabitation contracts” for same-sex couples since December 2015.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
One contestant, Tiffany Chang, highlighted Taiwan’s vaunted semiconductor industry and a democratic government that provides universal healthcare and has legalized same-sex marriage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
He has legalized the causes which fill the jails, the penitentiaries, the houses of correction, the poorhouses, and asylums with the blood of our hearts, even our children, and our children's children.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
