legalize
verb (used with object)
to make legal; authorize.
legalizes
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present tense formof legalize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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A new California law legalizes the plug-in solar panels that are becoming popular in other states and in Europe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
June 26, 2015 United States Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage nationwide.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2024
If the Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage, India would become the second country in Asia, after Taiwan, to do so.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed into law a bill that effectively legalizes the cryptocurrency sector in the country.
From The Verge ● Mar. 17, 2022
The act legalizes the deportation of people suspected of having “ties to terrorism.”
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
