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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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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

Novo officially dropped Hims in June and accused the company of “deceptive promotion and selling of illegitimate, knockoff versions of Wegovy that put patient safety at risk.”

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 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

With around 40% of births in the U.S. illegitimate, it’s easy to identify the problem but not so easy to correct it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

At the end of his long life, Ser Piero did not forget how Leonardo came into the world: He cut his illegitimate son out of his will.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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