legitimized

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The Declaration of Independence legitimized the cause of the rebels but also empowered them to brand loyalists as traitors who could be legally sentenced to death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

A genre as wide-reaching and weird as this one doesn’t need golden statues to be legitimized.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025

The court is where these ideas are hatched, and it is legitimized in ways that allow Miller to go all out, 110 percent, every time.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2025

Historically, Levin said, it would be harder for an individual to have an obscure ideology validated and legitimized and gain the knowledge to carry out such an attack.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2025

“Biko, wear something nice. Kainene will be dressing up too,” her mother had added, as if mentioning her twin sister somehow legitimized everything.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie