legitimate

Example Sentences

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“Europe is cheap for legitimate reasons,” says Tim Murray, a capital-market strategist in the multiasset division at T. Rowe Price Associates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

These websites closely resemble legitimate ticketing and checkout platforms and can allow scammers to steal log-in credentials, personal information and credit card numbers and trick you into sending in payments.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

It is legitimate to discuss the impact of migration on the UK's national security after disorder that followed a knife attack in Belfast, the government's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has said.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

We’re supposed to believe that this is still a legitimate settlement between two adverse parties?

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Jalil had three wives and nine children, nine legitimate children, all of whom were strangers to Mariam.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini