legalize
Example Sentences
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In response to criticism of the provision’s effectiveness, Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky introduced a motion to expand its incentives so developers actually build the newly legalized housing types, potentially allowing for higher, denser projects.
From Los Angeles Times
In this case, it has come from states that have legalized sports betting, such as Nevada, and are worried that the prediction markets could cannibalize their legal offerings and evade their gambling regulations.
From Los Angeles Times
The prosecution says their motive was Franco's opposition to plans that would have "legalized" land illegally seized by militias that control large parts of the city.
From Barron's
Dozens of states have legalized sports-betting in some form after a Supreme Court decision in 2018 that struck down a federal ban.
So did the Securities and Exchange Commission decision legalizing bitcoin ETFs in 2024.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
