How to Use legitimize in a Sentence

legitimize

verb

• Coins are small vessels through which a state can legitimize itself.
  — Gail Fletcher, National Geographic, 28 June 2019
• The concert struck a blow for racial progress and helped legitimize jazz as a music with deep roots and inarguable worth.
  — John Edward Hasse, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2018
• To go from understanding yourself as a rarity, the odd man out, to learning about others like you from the past and present legitimizes your existence.
  — Grace Madigan, The Seattle Times, 29 Mar. 2019
• But this strategy runs the risk of continuing to legitimize parents’ decision not to vaccinate their kids.
  — The Scientific American Staff, Scientific American, 24 June 2019
• If Oregon’s coming off a win, the week will be spent basking in the glory of legitimizing a claim to returning to national prominence.
  — oregonlive.com, 9 July 2019
• Christie was a big figure in the Trump campaign: the first serving senior officeholder to endorse and legitimize his candidacy.
  — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2019
• Surrounding the din of bogus dietary advice and media hype is a backdrop of science denialism, which legitimizes anti-science when espoused from top levels of government.
  — The Conversation, 5 July 2019
• And then the czar stuff, is that at every point Putin has tried to legitimize himself.
  — CBS News, 7 Dec. 2022
• But others say that this would legitimize the stronger party.
  — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
• The victory vaulted the Spartans into the top 150 of the NET rankings and helped legitimize them to the public.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Dec. 2022
• That was the lightning bolt that legitimized this franchise.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 4 May 2020
• The families didn’t need to hear the news to legitimize their late fathers and grandfathers.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2020
• Bottom line here is this: Utah no longer has to play to legitimize its entire program.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
• And in the minds of millions, including some of those who sacked the Capitol, those outlets helped legitimize the groundless fraud claims.
  — Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2021
• Part of me still wanted Dylan to legitimize my creative work, or at least my choice to pursue it.
  — Sam Sussman, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
• On the path Since last year, Figueroa-Figueroa had been on a path to legitimizing her immigration status and right to work.
  — Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2019
• Revolver helped legitimize the local pop-up scene and served as a launching pad for numerous chefs.
  — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2019
• One thing that West has accomplished in the past decade is helping to legitimize dilettantism.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2019
• The fact that the victim is making payments of principal and interest might legitimize the claim.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2023
• The fact that the victim is making payments of principle and interest might legitimize the claim.
  — cleveland, 6 Mar. 2020
• But, like so many facets of the GOP, the company has legitimized radical voices in recent years.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 17 Oct. 2023
• Elon Musk helped legitimize cryptocurrencies in the eyes of Wall Street investors.
  — Anchalee Worrachate, Fortune, 18 May 2021
• The tactics used in antisemitic marches and protests will be legitimized.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 11 May 2024
• Keys wore just her glowing bare face at high-profile events and photoshoots, helping legitimize the brand’s claims.
  — L'oréal Blackett, refinery29.com, 24 Apr. 2024
• The visit by the AfD lawmakers stands to legitimize the Kremlin’s claims that the regions need Russian protection.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
• Moreover, by voting for Putin in 2024, Russians will legitimize his war.
  — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 1 Dec. 2023
• How to cope with stay-at-home-mom depression Putting a name to the phenomenon of stay-at-home-mom depression helps legitimize it.
  — Chaunie Brusie, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2021
• Maduro now faces the challenge of legitimizing the vote to his people and the rest of the world, given his government’s history of repression.
  — Patricia Laya and Andreina Itriago Acosta / Bloomberg, TIME, 29 July 2024
• Further recognitions of Palestine could legitimize the Israeli right wing’s longtime calls to annex the West Bank by force.
  — Shira Efron, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2024
• Looking back, of course, the journalistic imperative is to find a reason for that Japanese yen carry trade hangover to legitimize the selling.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Oct 2024