How to Use legalize in a Sentence

legalize

verb

• The government has legalized the use of the new drug.
• They wanted to legalize gambling in their city.
• The effect of legalizing death care is not just the hostile takeover of medicine.
  — Alexander Raikin, National Review, 14 Sep. 2023
• Thailand was the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis.
  — Jintamas Saksornchai, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2024
• The bill would not have legalized the sale of the substances and would have barred any possession of the substances on school grounds.
  — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2023
• Washington was one of the first two states, along with Colorado, to legalize the use and sale of cannabis by adults in 2012.
  — Gene Johnson, ajc, 8 Apr. 2023
• Now, Kentucky is one of 38 states that has legalized sports betting.
  — C.l. Brown, The Courier-Journal, 29 May 2023
• The decline in drinking over the past decade has come as many states have legalized marijuana.
  — Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Jan. 2024
• In 2016, the state legalized open carry for permit holders; then the legislature got rid of the need for a permit.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
• Twenty-one states have now legalized the recreational use of cannabis by adults.
  — Gene Johnson, Andrew Selsky, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Apr. 2023
• But five years ago this month, the Supreme Court struck down a federal ban, allowing states to legalize sports betting.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 21 May 2023
• The Supreme Court in May 2018 made a ruling to grant states the power to legalize sports betting at their choosing, with their own rules and regulations.
  — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2023
• Over the past decade, there has been a trend toward legalizing marijuana in the United States.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 20 Apr. 2023
• Washington became the first state to legalize the practice in 2019.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
• The infractions occurred within a week of the state legalizing sports betting on Jan. 31.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
• More than two years since cannabis was legalized in the state, only 26 dispensaries, and just 11 of them in New York City, have actually opened their doors.
  — Curbed, 18 Oct. 2023
• Some rural and coastal Oregon counties legalized self-serve gas at night starting in 2015.
  — oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2023
• Over 300 laws are set to go into effect Saturday — the same day that cannabis will be legalized for adult recreational use.
  — Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2023
• The laws legalized the cultivation of hemp, including for the sale of the consumable hemp products.
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2024
• The proposal aims to legalize protection of the bees and promote awareness of the insects as an important part of the region’s ecosystem.
  — Rosa Chávez Yacila, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
• Then, in 1931, everything changed when Nevada became the first state to legalize gambling, as well as the first to offer quickie divorces.
  — Chris Carra, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
• Yes, Because of danger to the mothers life. Should Texas expand casino gambling and legalize sports betting in Texas?
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
• This spike is due to a 2018 Supreme Court decision that allowed for states to legalize the activity.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
• As a result, an effort to legalize and regulate the units failed in City Council earlier this year.
  — Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 4 Oct. 2023
• After the program was exposed, Congress legalized a version of it.
  — Charlie Savage, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2023
• The findings come as more and more states have legalized marijuana for recreational use.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2023
• Prior efforts to legalize self-serve gas in Oregon never made it out of the Legislature.
  — oregonlive, 28 July 2023
• The yes votes made Ohio the 24th state to legalize marijuana for recreational or personal use for adults older than 21.
  — Mariama Jalloh, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2023
• And it’s wanted to capitalize on the growing interest in sports betting as more states have legalized it.
  — Gerry Smith, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2023
• John Hume, the owner of the ranch, failed in his attempts to legalize the trade in rhino horns — which can be sawn off live rhinos and grow back — rendering the project too costly to keep running, the company said.
  — Antony Sguazzin, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024