Example Sentences

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“It definitely legitimizes the entire space when you have the world’s largest and arguably one of the most important companies dropping this,” Wedbush’s Legault said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

It also makes up two minutes and 20 seconds of a nearly two-hour movie – a triumphant peak in a performance throughout which Ferrera’s Gloria legitimizes Barbie as a power fantasy.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2024

It argued that the web designer’s victory in that case legitimizes the termination of a female counselor who is married to another woman due to the high school’s freedom of speech.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2023

“I think having them call me in and put me on the stand legitimizes my story and who I am,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Confiding in the sanctity of a tie which her religion legitimizes, she is aware that we must conceal it from the eyes of the world, like any secret marriage.

From French and Oriental Love in a Harem by Avril, Paul