illegitimate
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The comparison isn’t illegitimate, but the scale is altered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Hanna presented herself as a wealthy, illegitimate daughter of the sultan of Brunei, initially showering Hornigold, his then-partner Heather Kaniuk and his friends with lavish gifts, from cars to homes.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
If ever there was justification for an asterisk next to a record, his illegitimate assault on a scoring record is it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2026
The company says that it is “especially concerned about the use of A.I. to help individual humans or small groups gain unprecedented and illegitimate forms of concentrated power.”
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
Civil rights advocates argue that individual group members “represent” the race and that hierarchies of power that lack diversity are illegitimate.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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