legalized
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The state’s supremacy in the sports-betting space is also noteworthy because New York only legalized online sports wagering in 2022.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
While there were significant developments for the gay rights movement by then, gay marriage was not legalized across the US until 2015.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Cuba's housing market emerged only in 2011, when the government legalized home sales.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
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 • Mar. 24, 2026
After a second Opium War, the Tientsin Treaties legalized the ravaging opium trade, legalized a British-French-American control of China’s customs.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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