legitimated

verb

past tense of legitimate
as in legitimized

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  1. legitimized
  2. sanctioned
  3. validated
  4. authorized
Verb
  • That victory made the Myanmar native a champion questioned by some, but Van legitimized his reign by prevailing in a grueling battle against Tatsuro Taira last May, stopping his challenger in the final round.
    — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The Peruvian system has a solid institutional foundation that was legitimized over time and is supported by the Peruvian public.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of legitimized
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  • Other sanctioned Iranian airlines, however, have continued flying into Turkey.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The Treasury Department first sanctioned Tren de Aragua as a transnational criminal organization in July 2024, and the State Department designated it a foreign terrorist organization in February 2025.
    — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of sanctioned
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  • Synthetic data must be packaged properly so teams can find and trust it, cleared against compliance rules and validated before deployment into a training pipeline.
    — Richard Clough, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The mercurial aspect of the ego wants so much to be validated, respected and understood for a pursuit.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of validated
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  • That's according to a person familiar with the plans who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly and cautioned the plans could shift.
    — NICHOLAS INGRAM, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • As synthetic media and autonomous systems proliferate, organizations will need to verify identity, prove content provenance and determine whether AI agents are authorized to act.
    — Amit Sinha, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
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“Legitimated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimated. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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