Examples of legitimacy in a Sentence
the legitimacy of the military dictatorship was not recognized by most other nations
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Markets are still questioning the legitimacy of DeepSeek’s claims of building their model for only 2% of the actual cost that either META or Microsoft have spent, but sidestepping this may prove to be a misstep for tech investors.
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Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
This plays into Kremlin rhetoric that questions the legitimacy of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Trump’s administration remains unwilling to affirm the legitimacy of Maduro’s regime — the U.S. president warned the Venezuelan government not to harm opposition leader María Corina Machado after she was kidnapped leaving a protest on Jan. 9.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Jan. 2025
In a series of court cases, Republicans are challenging the legitimacy of the ballots that carried incumbent Democratic state supreme court Justice Allison Riggs over Republican Jefferson Griffin by 734 votes out of more than 5.5 million ballots cast.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
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Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
This plays into Kremlin rhetoric that questions the legitimacy of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Trump’s administration remains unwilling to affirm the legitimacy of Maduro’s regime — the U.S. president warned the Venezuelan government not to harm opposition leader María Corina Machado after she was kidnapped leaving a protest on Jan. 9.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Jan. 2025
In a series of court cases, Republicans are challenging the legitimacy of the ballots that carried incumbent Democratic state supreme court Justice Allison Riggs over Republican Jefferson Griffin by 734 votes out of more than 5.5 million ballots cast.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Legitimacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legitimacy. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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legitimacy
noun
le·git·i·ma·cy
li-ˈjit-ə-mə-sē 
: the quality or state of being legitimate
Legal Definition
legitimacy
noun
le·git·i·ma·cy
li-ˈji-tə-mə-sē
: the quality or state of being legitimate
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