as in to invalidate
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Recent Examples of delegitimize
Bondi served as an adviser on Trump's 2020 campaign, helping file a string of unsuccessful lawsuits alleging voter fraud and pushing to delegitimize vote counting in Pennsylvania.
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Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
The blatant attempt to intimidate and delegitimize judges, whether by threatening them with impeachment or labeling them as activists, simply because of their judicial decisions should worry us all.
—Justice Lubbie Harper, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2025
At the same time, the opposing sentiment that obesity is never a disease may delegitimize its potential health impact and alienate those who seek care for it.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Mar. 2025
Whether cloaked in white nationalist propaganda or dressed up in radical slogans that seek to delegitimize Jewish identity or statehood, hate is still hate.
—Larry Hogan, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2025
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Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
The blatant attempt to intimidate and delegitimize judges, whether by threatening them with impeachment or labeling them as activists, simply because of their judicial decisions should worry us all.
—Justice Lubbie Harper, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2025
At the same time, the opposing sentiment that obesity is never a disease may delegitimize its potential health impact and alienate those who seek care for it.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Mar. 2025
Whether cloaked in white nationalist propaganda or dressed up in radical slogans that seek to delegitimize Jewish identity or statehood, hate is still hate.
—Larry Hogan, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delegitimize
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Michigan’s win doesn’t invalidate Ohio State’s national championship, nor does Ohio State’s national championship erase the disappointment for Buckeyes seniors who went winless against Michigan in their careers.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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For example, Liebmann writes that liberals were not as concerned about excessive claims of judicial authority when judges invalidated conservative state laws.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
4 July 2025
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The directive attempted to nullify birthright citizenship, as enshrined by the Fourteenth Amendment for over 150 years, and restore an older understanding of U.S. citizenship not seen since before the Civil War.—
Time,
Time,
14 July 2025
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All the Court has done is nullify an injunction that a judge had no basis to issue.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
12 July 2025
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