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illegitimate

[il-i-jit-uh-mit, il-i-jit-uh-meyt] / ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt ə mɪt, ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt əˌmeɪt /


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Illegitimate or not, Visible activated the accounts and ported the numbers in the first place.

From The Verge • Feb. 23, 2022

He read Bruce E. Levine’s “Resisting Illegitimate Authority,” as well as Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s “Guantánamo Diary,” the chilling account of Slahi’s imprisonment at Guantánamo Bay under the supervision of military, C.I.A. and F.B.I. interrogators.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021

To illustrate this diversity, I profile twenty famous U.S. anti-authoritarians in Resisting Illegitimate Authority.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2019

Q. Illegitimate Grandson: I found out that I have a 5-month-old grandson.

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2012

Illegitimate children inherit from the mother and the mother from the children.

From Legal Status of Women in Iowa by Wilson, Jennie L. (Jennie Lansley)




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