legitimates
- present tense form of legitimate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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“But someone like Carlson is also important because he legitimates those ideas, making them seem less radical when viewers see them.”
From New York Times ● May 15, 2022
“Selling them solidifies and legitimates the selling of our trauma,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2021
“When ‘winning’ becomes everything, and winning means dehumanizing the other side for short‐term gain, it legitimates increasingly extreme behavior on both sides,” Mr. Drutman said.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2020
One consequence is that truth, evidence and science fall prey to the language of mystification, which legitimates a tsunami of ignorance and the further collapse of morality and civic courage.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2020
Altogether, they called for cocktails, smashes, toddies, cobblers, juleps, and legitimates.
From Manuel Pereira by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
