as in to invalidate
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Recent Examples of delegitimize
Instead, Iron Eyes found the ruling to delegitimize the concerns and agency of Native Americans who chose to protest at Standing Rock.
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Seiji Yamashita, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2025
Musk and other right-wing tech figures have been on a campaign to delegitimize the digital encyclopedia.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
Maduro's supporters, however, claim that opposition leaders are manufacturing a crisis to delegitimize his administration.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Opponents say the campaign veers into antisemitism and aims to delegitimize Israel itself.
—Kate Payne, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
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Seiji Yamashita, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2025
Musk and other right-wing tech figures have been on a campaign to delegitimize the digital encyclopedia.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
Maduro's supporters, however, claim that opposition leaders are manufacturing a crisis to delegitimize his administration.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Opponents say the campaign veers into antisemitism and aims to delegitimize Israel itself.
—Kate Payne, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delegitimize
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China claims virtually the entire South China Sea, a key global trade and security route despite a 2016 international arbitration ruling initiated by the Philippines that invalidated those expansive claims based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 May 2025
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The decision would also invalidate a 10% tariff imposed on goods from nearly all countries.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
29 May 2025
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The high court decision, though, nullified his conviction and sentence.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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When the new administration took office, Trump Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem nullified this extension.—
The Editors,
National Review,
20 May 2025
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“Delegitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegitimize. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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