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legitimize

[li-jit-uh-mahyz] / lɪˈdʒɪt əˌmaɪz /


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An early investment from Berkshire Hathaway helped legitimize the company abroad.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

There’s nothing inherently dangerous about them, except this: Zero-dated options enshrine and legitimize gambling behaviors, which have always existed in markets, though rarely this level.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

In the decades that followed, in his complementary positions as book critic and editor, Cowley worked tirelessly to legitimize the innovative writing of Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Hart Crane, E.E.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Male involvement may help to legitimize and elevate the perceived importance of domestic work.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2025

Thus they legitimize a profoundly anachronistic reading of the dispute between Hobbes and Boyle by placing their own view of that dispute into the mouth of Hobbes.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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