legitimacy
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Analysts say another aim of the election was to normalise their image with a veneer of legitimacy, unfreezing foreign engagement -- including investment projects.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
More than that, allies add legitimacy and moral authority.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Levy: I knew that the matriarch of this family was so important to the legitimacy of this.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
They agree to attach their names to “How’s That?!” to lend it legitimacy, and are virtually powerless to affect the plots generated by a program their network has deceptively nicknamed Al.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
Pascal and Boyle both ‘won’ this argument in so far as they succeeded in casting doubt on the legitimacy of appealing to substances whose existence might be theoretically convenient but could not be demonstrated experimentally.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing legitimacy
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