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For some people, that legitimization spills over from speech to action, he added.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023

“This proposal is about preventing a nuclear accident. It Is not to create any situation which may have a military advantage or disadvantage or a legitimization of the situation,” he said.

From Washington Times • Mar. 28, 2023

“This proposal is about preventing a nuclear accident. It Is not to create any situation which may have a military advantage or disadvantage or a legitimization of the situation,” the nuclear agency head said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2023

Identifying some of the precursors to such conflicts, Mines pointed to entrenched polarization, weakened political institutions, irresponsible political leadership, and the legitimization of violence.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 24, 2018

They are hopelessly outside the law—without the possibility that any further statutes of legitimization will be enacted for their relief.

From Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft by O'Higgins, Harvey Jerrold