legitimate

Example Sentences

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They will see a perfectly legitimate goal with an offside offence which wouldn't have been noticed but for VAR.

From BBC

“Moreover, there is an increasing trend of replacing legitimate oversight activities with circus-like publicity stunts, all of which creates a chaotic environment with heightened emotions,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

President Masoud Pezeshkian promised dialogue and acknowledged "legitimate demands" in in a country where inflation soars near 50%, and currency depreciations play havoc with people's hardscrabble lives.

From BBC

But Instagram did not respond to the BBC's questions about who the external party was which could send out legitimate password reset requests on behalf of the firm.

From BBC

"To allow Brooks to come back with no consequence would undermine the meritocratic foundations that are the one thing that makes the PGA Tour legitimate," said Golf Channel pundit Brandel Chamblee.

From BBC