legalized

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The state’s supremacy in the sports-betting space is also noteworthy because New York only legalized online sports wagering in 2022.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

While there were significant developments for the gay rights movement by then, gay marriage was not legalized across the US until 2015.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

North Dakota legislators, who legalized e-tabs in 2017, say they didn’t anticipate the games’ wild success or how closely manufacturers would model them after slot machines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

When my parents married in 1977, my mother legalized his status.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

This idea, part of Jefferson's legacy to America, written down in one of the country's noblest documents, was incompatible with the idea of legalized slavery.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry