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legitimize

[li-jit-uh-mahyz] / lɪˈdʒɪt əˌmaɪz /


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Still, the license it received Tuesday helps Oklo legitimize its business model as it pursues the commercial production of power by 2028.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

That authority must be used to heal—not to legitimize practices that medicine itself has rejected.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

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

They seem blind to the destructive forces they legitimize in the process.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2025

“When I want mountains made out of molehills, when I want to legitimize their puerile actions by paying attention to them, I’ll let you know.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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