legalize
verb (used with object)
to make legal; authorize.
legalized
Example Sentences
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The film was released during a time when interracial marriage was not yet legalized nationwide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Not long before Pope Leo’s visit, French lawmakers legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Marriage equality was legalized in all 50 states by the Supreme Court 11 years ago in Obergefell v.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
Cuba's housing market emerged only in 2011, when the government legalized home sales.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
After a second Opium War, the Tientsin Treaties legalized the ravaging opium trade, legalized a British-French-American control of China’s customs.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
