legitimate
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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
We’re supposed to believe that this is still a legitimate settlement between two adverse parties?
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
To be sure, there is a legitimate conversation to be had about how to improve election administration — including funding, staffing, technology and public communication.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Australia's economy minister said this week that "legitimate" concerns over housing and the cost of living were driving support for the party.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
And this illusion is only a moderate one compared to the one I had in 1928, when I regarded myself not only as the Laughing Man’s direct descendant but as his only legitimate living one.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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