legitimized
Example Sentences
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It was the centerpiece of a landmark Disney deal, which legitimized artificial intelligence for Hollywood royalty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
A genre as wide-reaching and weird as this one doesn’t need golden statues to be legitimized.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025
Medieval belts also managed a celebration of the pregnant silhouette, but devotion to Mary rather than patriotic “populationism” legitimized it.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025
“He legitimized Lydia’s Castle from the very beginning.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2024
As if her presence legitimized whatever was happening between us—though certainly not to the same degree that the general’s would have.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
