legitimacy

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Levy: I knew that the matriarch of this family was so important to the legitimacy of this.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Until recently, there was at least an attempt to give interventions a veneer of legitimacy through U.N. endorsement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

But in August 2013, a group of researchers, led by Irving Weissman of the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Stanford University, published a paper questioning the legitimacy of Ratajczak’s claim.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

They agree to attach their names to “How’s That?!” to lend it legitimacy, and are virtually powerless to affect the plots generated by a program their network has deceptively nicknamed Al.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

It was also a public event, the beginning of a process whereby new knowledge, in opposition to the old culture of secrecy, established its legitimacy within a public arena.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton