legitimize
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The U.K.’s pledge to build bigger, better quantum computers can be seen as an effort to legitimize the technology.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
That authority must be used to heal—not to legitimize practices that medicine itself has rejected.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026
In the decades that followed, in his complementary positions as book critic and editor, Cowley worked tirelessly to legitimize the innovative writing of Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Hart Crane, E.E.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Still, Su said he’s rooting for Khare and the other creators in the running this year, especially since he’s seen firsthand how an Emmy Award helps to legitimize digital-native work.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2025
“We need to legitimize this situation,” he said now, balancing the ashtray on his belly.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Vocabulary lists containing legitimize
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