How to Use legitimacy in a Sentence

legitimacy

noun

• This is the opening move in a longer war against the legitimacy of the Supreme Court as a whole.
  — The Editors, National Review, 8 May 2023
• The origins of this conflict are hard to trace, and the legitimacy of the rival claims is hard to assess.
  — Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2023
• Here's a list of some of the scandals that have made Thomas the face of judicial ethics reform and a drag on the legitimacy of the Supreme Court.
  — Peter Weber, theweek, 12 Jan. 2024
• Slow down to check the legitimacy of your feelings under the feisty Aries moon.
  — USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
• Here's a list of some of the recent scandals that have made Thomas the face of judicial ethics reform and a drag on the legitimacy of the Supreme Court.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 21 Apr. 2023
• As long as there has been a monarch in this country — for more than a 1,000 years — there have been questions about the legitimacy of the monarchy.
  — Sarah Lyall, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
• There can be some kind of legitimacy as to why somebody is very evil.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Oct. 2023
• At the time, according to TMZ, the legitimacy of their courtship was unclear.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
• The bots, Innes said, piled onto posts about Kate’s health with comments talking up the legitimacy of the Russian vote.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
• The Supreme Court of the United States has moved in a direction that has weakened its own legitimacy.
  — Fareed Zakaria, CNN, 1 Oct. 2022
• Palace intrigue, and questions of succession and legitimacy, were of course a huge part of Game of Thrones, but far from the only part.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2022
• Make no mistake, the Supreme Court faces a crisis of legitimacy.
  — Travis Andersen and, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
• But with the playoffs on the horizon, these are games that help establish a team’s legitimacy.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
• But anyone who may have doubted the legitimacy of Douglas’ comeback should see her on the vault.
  — Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024
• The United States was already on the verge of a legitimacy crisis before the election.
  — Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
• But the county refused to accept its legitimacy and went to court.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
• Most of them, according to the Times’s own criteria, don’t deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election at all.
  — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
• Does the matter of legitimacy around the fights, or safety, come up in your discussions when planning them?
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• One other sign of legitimacy is to offer the voter an off-ramp.
  — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2024
• Anybody who meets with him and gives legitimacy is wrong.
  — NBC News, 4 Dec. 2022
• By calling on his followers to side with Khamenei, al-Haeri brought on a crisis of legitimacy for al-Sadr.
  — Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Samya Kullab, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2022
• Bryce, Omari and Adam also talk the legitimacy of the Victor Wembanyama hype train.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2023
• The couple has been fighting over the legitimacy of the agreement and whether it was signed before or after they were legally married in 1992.
  — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 9 July 2024
• The sponsorship with Kenin, now back from an injury that has kept her off the tour for much of 2022, aims to grow FP Movement's awareness to fans of the sport and give the brand legitimacy with its on-court product.
  — Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
• Anger about the decision prompted critics on the left to question the court's legitimacy.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2022
• To double-check a business’ legitimacy, visit the Contact and About Us section and look at the details.
  — Yec, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• And now that these other bastards are coming in and taking the dragons, that is sort of threatening Jace in a way of legitimacy.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
• These omissions undermine the legitimacy of the A.P. course and the College Board itself.
  — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2023
• Some fans worry the out-there antics can detract from the legitimacy of the genre or overshadow newer bands.
  — Tamlin Magee, SPIN, 22 Apr. 2024
• In his town hall events and social media posts, Musk has also spread misleading claims casting doubt on the legitimacy of the election.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024