legitimizing
- present participle of legitimize.
Example Sentences
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Luis Rivera, executive director of the nonprofit, said Measure CB risks legitimizing the illegal cannabis industry while linking city finances to the tax revenue the businesses would generate.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
The French historian Ernest Renan identified the tension between a nation-state’s need for a legitimizing narrative and the often ugly truths of its actual past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
But conciliation carries the risk of legitimizing the court’s most indefensible actions.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2025
In their eyes, it's "legitimizing everything Doug Wilson is saying and doing."
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2024
The discovery of America was crucial in legitimizing innovation because within forty years no one disputed that it really was an unprecedented event, and one that could not be ignored.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
