legitimacy
Example Sentences
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But this week, she says she was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after officers questioned the legitimacy of her tribal ID, calling it “fake.”
From Salon
A growing number of EU leaders are starting to admit that their legitimacy depends on responding effectively to electoral impulses.
Concerns have been raised over the professionalism and legitimacy of the Women's League Cup quarter-final and semi-final draw, which was conducted by a social media influencer.
From BBC
Legal experts questioned the legitimacy of the Pentagon’s investigation.
Like the climate crisis or the crisis of democratic legitimacy, the affordability crisis has become an umbrella term for countless loosely connected phenomena.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
