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legalized

ADJECTIVE

approved

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accepted allowed authorized backed endorsed passed permitted ratified recognized sanctioned supported

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affirmed chosen proven validated

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OK'd certain made official vouched for

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disapproved refused uncertain

ADJECTIVE

endorsed

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approved backed ratified recommended sanctioned settled supported

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advocated affirmed attested blessed commended concluded notarized sealed sponsored underwritten upheld validated

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OK'd boosted

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disapproved discouraged

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cancelled vetoed

ADJECTIVE

lawful

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authorized constitutional justifiable legal permissible proper rightful statutory valid

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bona fide canonical card-carrying commanded condign decreed due enacted enforced enjoined established innocent judged judicial jural juridical jurisprudent just kosher legislated legit legitimatized licit mandated of right official on the level on the up and up ordained ordered passed protected ruled vested warrantable warranted

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illegal illegitimate incorrect unacceptable wrong

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illicit prohibited taboo unlawful

ADJECTIVE

legal

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constitutional contractual fair juridical lawful legitimate proper statutory valid

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acknowledged allowed authorized card-carrying chartered clean condign decreed due enforceable enforced enjoined forensic granted innocent judged judicial just justifiable justified legit licit on the level on the up and up ordained passed precedented prescribed protected right rightful sanctioned sound straight sure-enough warranted within the law

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illegal illegitimate invalid unacceptable unlawful

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illicit wrong

ADJECTIVE

legit

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authorized bona fide canonical card-carrying commanded condign constitutional decreed due enacted enforced enjoined established innocent judged judicial jural juridical jurisprudent just justifiable kosher legal legislated legitimate legitimatized licit mandated of right official on the level on the up and up ordained ordered passed permissible proper protected rightful ruled statutory valid vested warrantable warranted

ADJECTIVE

permissible

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acceptable admissible bearable lawful legitimate permitted proper tolerable

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all right approved authorized endorsed kosher legit licit okay on the up and up sanctioned tolerated unforbidden unprohibited

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illegal illegitimate intolerable prohibited unacceptable unbearable unlawful unsuitable

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unpermissible

ADJECTIVE

permitted

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acceptable allowable allowed approved authorized licensed sanctioned

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accorded chartered conceded consented favored let okay tolerated

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denied prohibited refused unacceptable

Example Sentences

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The state’s supremacy in the sports-betting space is also noteworthy because New York only legalized online sports wagering in 2022.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

While there were significant developments for the gay rights movement by then, gay marriage was not legalized across the US until 2015.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Nearly 70% of DraftKings Predictions sports trading volume is coming from states without legalized Sportsbook, according to Hickey, signaling that predictions markets aren’t cannibalizing DraftKings’ sports-betting business at a high rate.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Since California had legalized the procedure decades earlier, Seymour reasoned that he should respect women’s choices.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Nor can all that transpires in the wider culture—from Stonewall to Will & Grace to Brokeback Mountain to Glee to a U.S. president declaring his support for legalized gay marriage—change every mind in Levittown.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

legalized

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