legitimize

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Cases like Lynch helped legitimize claims for Black citizenship, portraying birthright citizenship as an American tradition.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

It also helps Oklo legitimize its business model as the company doubles down on its target for the commercial production of power by 2028.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Flaunting their knighthood as a mark of status but discarding it the moment it requires true honor, they treat their vows only as an invented tradition, a set of rituals to legitimize their own power.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

An early investment from Berkshire Hathaway helped legitimize the company abroad.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Thus they legitimize a profoundly anachronistic reading of the dispute between Hobbes and Boyle by placing their own view of that dispute into the mouth of Hobbes.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton