legitimate
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Alibhai said on the defendant's own account he had more than 1,800 customers and was providing a "subscription and hardware" package at about £120 a year, a fraction of what the legitimate broadcasters were charging.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
"People are responding to legitimate pressures and legitimate concerns and anxieties they have."
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
"His passing occurs in circumstances that should never have happened and that will continue to generate questions, pain, and legitimate demands for truth, justice and reparations."
From BBC • May 31, 2026
The purpose is to avoid procedural traps that can prevent legitimate criticism from being published and to recover what peer review was supposed to be: serious, good-faith analysis by experts seeking clarity and truth.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The jobs I had assigned myself gave me legitimate reason for going in and out of Kevin’s room at all hours, and they kept me from being assigned more disagreeable work.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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