legitimated

verb

Definition of legitimatednext
past tense of legitimate
as in legitimized

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  1. sanctioned
  2. validated
  3. authorized
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  • Advertisement At the same time the team has suffered on the field, never winning more than eight games in a season and making the playoffs just once while repeatedly being sanctioned for violating NWSL rules.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The Israeli prime minister has sanctioned actions over the past fortnight that have seemed tactically astute despite an apparent disregard for civilian casualties.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of sanctioned
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  • Researchers validated their results by benchmarking GENIMA and neural network ACT on a real-robot setup.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • According to the Pew Research Center validated voter study of the 2020 electorate, this change represents a shift of 2 points among white voters, while according to the 2020 Cooperative Election Study, this represents a shift of 3 points.
    Mary Radcliffe, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of validated
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  • The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak publicly.
    David Ingram, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Unity Bancorp authorized a new repurchase plan for up to 500,000 shares.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of authorized
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