Example Sentences

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The FTC says drugmakers illegitimately use the patents to prevent competitors from offering cheaper generic alternatives.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2024

The city’s latest move took activists by surprise and further outraged organizers, who have accused officials of trying to illegitimately push through the construction of the project in an urban forest.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2023

The stories about him were so accurate he was "incredibly suspicious" they had been sourced illegitimately, especially by phone hacking.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2023

This is a rare occasion where the non-apology so often used illegitimately by guilty people — a variation of “I’m sorry you feel that way” — is legitimate.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2023

So that the usual rule of illegitimately fertilised long-styled plants tending much more strongly than short-styled plants to reproduce their own form here holds good.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles