- past participle of legitimize.
- past tense form of legitimize.
Example Sentences
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“It legitimized my nerd-dom,” he explained with a laugh.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026
The picture of Russia emerging triumphant and legitimized from such a deal is, ahem, at variance with reality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
The court is where these ideas are hatched, and it is legitimized in ways that allow Miller to go all out, 110 percent, every time.
From Slate • Sep. 29, 2025
Historically, Levin said, it would be harder for an individual to have an obscure ideology validated and legitimized and gain the knowledge to carry out such an attack.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2025
As if her presence legitimized whatever was happening between us—though certainly not to the same degree that the general’s would have.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
