illegitimately
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A federal investigation found that the actual percentage of those receiving aid illegitimately in Nevada was 3.8%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Second, by treating overtime pay differently than other dollars earned, the law encourages workers to manipulate their hours worked — both legitimately and illegitimately.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
The FTC says drugmakers illegitimately use the patents to prevent competitors from offering cheaper generic alternatives.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2024
The stories about him were so accurate he was "incredibly suspicious" they had been sourced illegitimately, especially by phone hacking.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2023
The general method of James on this point, then, is to define truth in terms of satisfaction and then to try to show that these satisfactions cannot be secured illegitimately.
From The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey by Delton Loring Geyer
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