How to Use legitimacy in a Sentence

legitimacy

noun
  • And so there is a little bit of a sense of legitimacy about it.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
  • There can be some kind of legitimacy as to why somebody is very evil.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Over the years, some people have cast doubt on the legitimacy of the records.
    — NBC News, 31 July 2021
  • Hosmer brought legitimacy, at least in terms of name, résumé and one very large ring.
    — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2021
  • There was no doubting the legitimacy of that one.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • Yet there was no question then of the legitimacy of the court appointments, as there is now.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The short-term rental market is no longer about proving legitimacy.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Blaming the umpires for a loss is never a good look, even when there's some legitimacy to the claim.
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • One other sign of legitimacy is to offer the voter an off-ramp.
    — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Now, no one can deny Venezuela’s legitimacy in the sport.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Slow down to check the legitimacy of your feelings under the feisty Aries moon.
    — USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Cops have not confirmed the legitimacy of the ransom notes.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • 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 meeting with Biden could bestow greater legitimacy on the crown prince’s plans and his path to the throne.
    — Ellen Knickmeyer, Chris Megerian, Aamer Madhani, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2022
  • But the Broncos' defense brings in the clout of legitimacy from last year.
    — Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • But the county refused to accept its legitimacy and went to court.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The legitimacy of the note has not been verified.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Democrats profess to be alarmed at attacks on the legitimacy of elections.
    — The Editors, National Review, 14 Oct. 2021
  • This week and their response to the win over the Chiefs will go a long way to confirming their legitimacy.
    — Mike Jones, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Yet, there has been no confirmation on the legitimacy of this claim.
    — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • This is not the first time Combs’ team has attempted to challenge the legitimacy of the video.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • But with the playoffs on the horizon, these are games that help establish a team’s legitimacy.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • This challenged the moral argument on which the legitimacy of the drug war rested.
    — Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Leaving aside outright frauds, pay-for-play exists on a spectrum of cost and legitimacy.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The legitimacy of those fights are in the eyes of the many millions of Netflix subscribers to have live-streamed them.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
  • When that confidence erodes, the legitimacy of the entire system is placed at risk.
    — Keith Wortz, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2026
  • But execution speed and legitimacy are not the same thing.
    — Maha Hosain Aziz, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The danger is that such a figurehead would lack legitimacy.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 20 May 2026
  • The record, of course, would come in a Week 17 game, so arguments can be had about its legitimacy.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025

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