legitimate

Example Sentences

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"One of Monaco's distinctive features is a kind of positive secularism, which recognises the legitimate autonomy of the spiritual and temporal spheres," Guillaume Paris, a senior clergyman in Monaco, told AFP.

From Barron's

“While we as a body opposed SB 79…the reason for it was legitimate. It’s to create more opportunities for housing construction and focus development in areas of high-quality transit,” said Councilmember Bob Blumenfield.

From Los Angeles Times

The third stage would be "a transition that will include clean, free elections, which will produce legitimate authorities."

From Barron's

Unable to use legitimate exchanges, Daniel testified he converted some by trading it for gold with a downtown L.A. jeweler.

From Los Angeles Times

"For one is entitled to wonder when, on its own soil, the league sometimes seems to be relegated to second place behind other ambitions, however legitimate they may be."

From BBC